The Ballester surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 834 people carried this name — #27,258 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 849 people named Ballester.
Most of them — 470 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Essonne.
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
47 people named Ballester 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ballester.
- Ballast 149 · U.S. census
- Ballatore 133 · U.S. census
- Ballay 253 · U.S. census
- Balle 608 · U.S. census
- Baller 734 · U.S. census
- Ballerini 327 · U.S. census
- Ballestero 477 · U.S. census
- Ballesteros 7,714 · U.S. census
- Balli 1,497 · U.S. census
- Balliet 1,741 · U.S. census
- Ballin 981 · U.S. census
- Ballinger 7,880 · U.S. census
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