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The Balmain surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 135 people carried this name — #126,765 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 4% from 140 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Balmain surname

Perhaps a habitational surname from a place in Scotland, from Scottish Gaelic baile (“village, town”) + meadhan (“middle, center”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Balmain» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 255 people named Balmain.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Savoie.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Savoie 175
Vaucluse 27
Drôme 11
Isère 7
Ain 7
Rhône 5
Paris 4
Ardèche 3

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Balmain is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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