Balsam is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Balsam
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: From Balsham, in Camridgeshire, which is characterises as "an eminent village" and the only one in England bearing the name.

How popular is Balsam?

Balsam is common in United States.

Balsam is ranked 122949 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Balsams grew by 9.780776 per cent to 651 since 2000 and ranked 34707 after elevating 1090 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 97.7 98.31
Hispanic or Latino 1.54 0
Balsam is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Israel. Around 3246 people have been found who wears Balsam as their family name. Balsam is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
616,339 India10
2,871 Iraq4
720,003 Russia4
2,444 Sudan3
8,993 Tunisia3
19,452 Malaysia3
7,993 Jordan3
139,444 Brazil2
174,544 Czech Republic1
7,198 Maldives1
28,746 Algeria1
492,292 Ukraine1
8,371 Syria1
31,207 Ireland1
846 American Samoa1
36,814 Romania1
42,479 Greece1
56,169 Mexico1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
153,416 Italy1
47,891 Norway1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
42,407 Sweden22
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
47,891 England81
117,149 France73
43,335 Canada73
Countries with hundreds of Balsam:
8,811 Egypt613
18,206 Germany572
15,860 Poland382
5,873 Israel188
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
Countries with thousands of Balsam:
29,706 United States1,001
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Nick Brasel
The origin of the name is Indo-European etymology of the name comes from the Latin meaning balsamus balm; and by extension the dealer balms latBalsamare of this name gives the ancient craft.

Balsam Namesakes

  • Elisa Balsamo, Tennis player
  • Simone Balsamino, Composer
  • Artur Balsam, Classical pianist
  • Umberto Balsamo, Singer
  • Umberto Balsamo, Singer
  • Martin Balsam, Actor
  • Martin Balsam, Actor
  • Camille Balsamo, Actress
  • Steve Balsamo, Singer
  • Domenico Balsamo, Actor

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