The Ballou surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,800 people carried this name — #5,936 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,509 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 44 people named Ballou.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Dordogne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Dordogne 11
Haute-Vienne 5
Calvados 4
Paris 3
Hauts-de-Seine 2
Orne 2
Loiret 2
Charente-Maritime 2

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

80 families named Ballou, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 482 people lived in those households, 6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 11 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Rhode Island 35
New Hampshire 13
Virginia 9
Massachusetts 6
South Carolina 6
Pennsylvania 4
North Carolina 4
New York 2
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 228 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Ballou in American newspapers,
1884–1914.

Newspaper page from The Osceola Times carrying the name Ballou
The Osceola Times 1884-08-16
Newspaper page from Alaska Forum carrying the name Ballou
Alaska Forum 1902-03-08
Newspaper page from Tägliches Cincinnatier Volksblatt carrying the name Ballou
Tägliches Cincinnatier Volksblatt 1914-07-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Ballou in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

203 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ballou. The most, 94, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 79
New South Wales 52
Queensland 40
South Australia 21
Tasmania 6
Northern Territory 2
ACT (Canberra) 1
Western Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ballou.

Who carried it

People named Ballou,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hosea Ballou
    Hosea Ballou 1771–1852 · writer
  • Hosea Ballou II
    Hosea Ballou II 1796–1861 · writer
  • Adin Ballou
    Adin Ballou 1803–1890 · theologian
  • Latimer Whipple Ballou
    Latimer Whipple Ballou 1812–1900 · politician
  • Maturin Murray Ballou
    Maturin Murray Ballou 1820–1895 · writer
  • Lydia Harris 1728–1773

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ballou,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States497 records

497 records of the Ballou name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 205
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 102
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 96
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 74
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 15
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John F. Ballou

    Born 1919 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Santa Fe; warehouseman from Bernalillo County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record David Allan Ballou

    Born 1946; from St Petersburg, Florida. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Freda Ballou

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1889, died 1966; buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 497 records for Ballou in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France24 records

24 records of the Ballou name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Andree Marie Suzanne Ballou

    Born 1904 in Écouché; died 1990 in Argentan (Orne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Rene Ballou

    Born 1920 in Saint-Pierre-de-Frugie; died 1988 in La Chapelle-Faucher (Dordogne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Anna Ballou

    Born 1899 in Sussac; died 1991 in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat (Haute-Vienne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 24 records for Ballou in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Ballou name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James Silvester Ballou

    Died 1948 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Clara B. Ballou

    Born 1916 in Auburn, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record William Ballou

    Listed at Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1795.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Ballou in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Ballou name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Jacob Ballou

    Baptised in 1776 in Groede.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Ballou in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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