The Balbi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 529 people carried this name — #41,164 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 18% from 448 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Balbi surname
Borrowed from Italian Balbi; this surname is also frequently attested in Argentina and Brazil.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Balbi» (English), 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 3,249 people named Balbi 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
64 people named Balbi live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Balbi.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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.
Who carried it
People named Balbi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco Balbi di Correggio 1505–1589 · writer -
Battina Balbi 1600–1640 · housewife -
Catarina Balbi 1600–1658 · housewife -
Giovanni Paolo Balbi 1606–1683 · politician -
Giovanni Balbi d. 1597 · Catholic priest
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John of Genoa 1233–1298 · friar
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Balbi.
- 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
- Balazs 980 · 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
- Baldacci 304 · U.S. census
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