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

The Balestra surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 461 people carried this name — #46,219 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 430 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 711 people named Balestra 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 233
Corrientes 138
Santa Fe 117
City of Buenos Aires 90
Mendoza 64
Formosa 20
Córdoba 18
Misiones 16

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

399 people named Balestra live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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Where they live today

Ticino 164
Geneva 54
Zurich 52
Graubünden 48
Vaud 31
Fribourg 13
Valais 8
Bern 7

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 353 people named Balestra.

40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 40
Bouches-du-Rhône 94
Alpes-Maritimes 81
Paris 27
Var 18
Isère 18
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 12
Vaucluse 10
Rhône 6

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

Who carried it

People named Balestra,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Antonio Balestra
    Antonio Balestra 1666–1740 · painter
  • Pietro Balestra 1672–1729 · sculptor
  • Giovanni Balestra 1774–1842 · engraver
  • Angelo Balestra 1803–1881 · painter
  • Luigi Balestra 1808–1863 · poet
  • Serafino Balestra 1831–1886 · teacher

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

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