The Bal surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,006 people carried this name — #14,794 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 147,100 people counted. That is up 51% from 1,325 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
1,881 people named Bal have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 2,197 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,237 people named Bal live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,125 people named Bal.
88 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 56 départements, most often Savoie.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
337 people named Bal live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 143 people named Bal live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
130 people named Bal are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Bal in American newspapers,
1888–1947.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,233,213 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bal,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Bal 1820–1867 · printmaker -
Ferdinand Bal 1843–1910 · architect -
Adam Bal 1867–1927 · civil servant -
Maria Bal 1879–1955 · model -
Willy Bal 1916–2013 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 87 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bal.
- Baka 568 · U.S. census
- Bakari 276 · U.S. census
- Baker 419,586 · U.S. census
- Bakir 289 · U.S. census
- Bakker 3,392 · U.S. census
- Bakowski 348 · U.S. census
- Bala 1,968 · U.S. census
- Balagna 218 · U.S. census
- Balaguer 571 · U.S. census
- Balan 1,527 · U.S. census
- Baland 116 · U.S. census
- Balas 1,812 · U.S. census
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