The Balsamo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,185 people carried this name — #13,834 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 135,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,084 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 715 people named Balsamo 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 100 people named Balsamo.
Most of them — 62 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
82 people named Balsamo live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 40 people named Balsamo live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Balsamo.
- Balmer 3,204 · U.S. census
- Balmes 539 · U.S. census
- Balogh 3,448 · U.S. census
- Balon 922 · U.S. census
- Balot 173 · U.S. census
- Bals 176 · U.S. census
- Balsan 131 · U.S. census
- Balson 249 · U.S. census
- Balta 330 · U.S. census
- Baltazar 13,045 · U.S. census
- Baltes 1,476 · U.S. census
- Balthasar 101 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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