The Balazs surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 980 people carried this name — #25,272 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 972 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
154 people named Balazs live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Balazs.
Most of them — 31 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
26 people named Balazs have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 84 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 25 people named Balazs 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.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
79 people named Balazs is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Balazs in American newspapers,
1924–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,104 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Balazs,
with a public archive behind them.
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Artur Balazs 1952– · politician -
André Balazs 1957– · hotel manager -
Peter Balazs 1970– · mathematician -
Agnes Weiss-Balazs 1923– · journalist
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Anna C. Balazs 1953– · engineer
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Imre Balazs 1960– · badminton player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 16 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Balazs.
- 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
- Balay 337 · U.S. census
- Balbi 529 · U.S. census
- Balbo 317 · U.S. census
- Balcerzak 591 · U.S. census
- Balch 4,472 · U.S. census
- Bald 809 · U.S. census
- Baldacchino 118 · U.S. census
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