Family name באלף (Balfe 
, באלף 
) , in all the world, is quite a rare surname. The last name באלף is characteristic of Ireland, where it is quite a common surname, Bahamas, where it is quite a rare surname, and Australia, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Ireland, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Very seldom, באלף is the forename as well as the last name.