Bala-Is

surname · Latin script

Bala-Is is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.6M(measured from records)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.9M
  • ARArgentina1 in 1.6M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

213 people, 2010

Sources
98 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.6M (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Balais in PH Philippines, US United States, ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in French

Il ne s’agit pas du pluriel du balai mais d’un type de rubis rose ou rouge violacé dont le nom dérive de Balakhchân, Balakschan ou Balaschan, région proche de Samarcande d’où venaient ces pierres précieuses.

Sources 1

  • 2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bala-Is counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bala-Is is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2131 in 1.6M213Balais98
PH Philippines≈58 est.≈1 in 1.9M—Balais56
AR Argentina291 in 1.6M29——
ES Spain131 in 3.8M13Balais3
PL Poland51 in 7.7M3——

213 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bala-Is is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Argentina, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Balais

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, France, United States, Canada

    Also written Balais

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Balais

3 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Bala-Is under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Bala-Is have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 213 people named Bala-Is, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled balais.
Where is Bala-Is most common?
Bala-Is is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.6 million people carrying it.
How common is the name Bala-Is?
In the United States, the national register counted 213 people named Bala-Is in 2010, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.

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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, “Bala-Is”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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