The Balmat surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 105 people carried this name — #154,907 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 106 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
185 people named Balmat live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 83 people named Balmat.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.
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.
Who carried it
People named Balmat,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacques Balmat 1762–1834 · mountain guide
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Kléber Balmat 1896–1961 · ski jumper -
Michel Balmat 1830–1879 · mountain guide
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Balmat.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Balmat 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.