Balan surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Balan surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,527 people carried this name — #18,218 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 192,300 people counted. That is up 51% from 1,009 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 597 people named Balan.

38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Côtes-d’Armor.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 38
Côtes-d’Armor 166
Gironde 81
Seine-Maritime 52
Dordogne 33
Eure 32
Pas-de-Calais 26
Paris 25
Yvelines 19

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 335 people named Balan 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 89
Córdoba 83
City of Buenos Aires 73
Santa Fe 59
Chaco 31

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 271 people named Balan 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 Brussels-Capital.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 149
Flemish Brabant 67
Antwerp 18
West Flanders 13
East Flanders 12
Hainaut 12

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

166 people named Balan live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 42
Geneva 17
Vaud 14
Aargau 13
St. Gallen 12
Valais 11
Thurgau 10
Solothurn 9

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 the Nordic population registers

96 people named Balan is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 96

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).

Who carried it

People named Balan,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hermann Ludwig von Balan
    Hermann Ludwig von Balan 1812–1874 · politician
  • Aleksandar Teodorov-Balan
    Aleksandar Teodorov-Balan 1859–1959 · historian
  • Stanislav Balan
    Stanislav Balan 1897–1990 · jurist
  • Joseph Wilhelm Balan 1777–1834 · politician
  • Eugène Balan 1808–1858 · painter
  • Pietro Balan 1840–1893 · Catholic priest

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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