The Balbo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 317 people carried this name — #63,068 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is down 3% from 328 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,053 people named Balbo 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 Córdoba.
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 203 people named Balbo.
59 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
60 people named Balbo live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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.
Who carried it
People named Balbo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Prospero Balbo 1762–1837 · scientist -
Cesare Balbo 1789–1853 · writer -
Ferdinando Balbo 1828–1849
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Italo Balbo 1896–1940 · military personnel -
Michael Balbo 1411–1485 · poet
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Teodoro Balbo 1608–1669 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Balbo.
- 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
- 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
- Baldassari 420 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Balbo is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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