Cognomen באלאס (Balas 
, באלאס 
) , all over the world, is a common last name. The cognomen באלאס is habitual in Romania, where it is quite a common surname, Israel, and Hungary, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Romania, and Philippines. Very seldom, באלאס is the forename as well as the last name.