The Balaguer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 571 people carried this name — #38,691 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 24% from 461 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Balaguer surname
A habitational surname from Catalan.
Borrowed from Catalan, from Andalusian Arabic بلغي (“Balàghey”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Balaguer» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 861 people named Balaguer 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 429 people named Balaguer.
134 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Hérault.
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
29 people named Balaguer live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Balaguer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Andreu Balaguer i Merino 1848–1883 · writer -
Juan Balaguer 1859–1915 · stage actor -
Pedro Balaguer 1335–1424 · architect
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François de Balaguier 1450–1576 · prelate
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Andrés Balaguer Salvador 1551–1626 · Catholic priest
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Miguel Juan Balaguer 1597–1663 · Latin Catholic bishop
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Balaguer.
- Bakir 289 · U.S. census
- Bakker 3,392 · U.S. census
- Bakowski 348 · U.S. census
- Bal 2,006 · U.S. census
- Bala 1,968 · U.S. census
- Balagna 218 · U.S. census
- Balan 1,527 · U.S. census
- Baland 116 · U.S. census
- Balas 1,812 · U.S. census
- Balay 337 · U.S. census
- Balazs 980 · U.S. census
- Balbi 529 · U.S. census
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