The Balas surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,441 people carried this name — #17,899 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
961 people named Balas have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,109 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 216 people named Balas.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Gers.
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
49 people named Balas live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Balas 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 Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Balas.
- Bal 1,325 · U.S. census
- Bala 1,568 · U.S. census
- Balagna 191 · U.S. census
- Balaguer 461 · U.S. census
- Balan 1,009 · U.S. census
- Baland 124 · U.S. census
- Balay 330 · U.S. census
- Balazs 972 · U.S. census
- Balbi 448 · U.S. census
- Balbo 328 · U.S. census
- Balcerzak 584 · U.S. census
- Balch 4,187 · U.S. census
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