Balling
surname · Latin script
Meaning: present participle and gerund of ball
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈbɔɫɪŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Balling is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- DKDenmark
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
present participle and gerund of ball
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Balling is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Dutch, exile (exiled person)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Karl Josef Napoleon Ballingb. 1805CZCzech chemist and university educator (1805–1868)
- Hansen 'Ole Peter' Ballingb. 1823NONorwegian painter (1823-1906)
- Michael Ballingb. 1866DEGerman conductor (1866–1925)
- Pia Ballingb. 1940Danish tennis player (1940-)
- Robert Ballingb. 1952USAmerican geographer
- Rudi Ballingb. 1953DEGerman geneticist
- Nora Ballingb. 1964DEGerman fashion model
- Ulrik Ballingb. 1975DKDanish footballer
- Benedicte Ballingb. 1976Danish TV and radio personality and reporter
- Peter Ballingb. 1990DKDanish handball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1K | #24,031 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 686 | #31,817 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 600 | #39,536 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 526 | #811 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 21 | #24,779 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 10 | #60,931 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 10 | #79,329 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 4 | — |
Reference works 4
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Balling mean, and where does it come from?
- present participle and gerund of ball Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Balling?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɔɫɪŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Balling have the most bearers?
- Balling is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Balling”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.