Balanza
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Balanza is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: balance, scale (device used to measure weight).
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 33K(inferred from the name graph)
- ESSpain1 in 81K
- ARArgentina1 in 171K
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.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 94 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 21K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Bolivia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
balance, scale (device used to measure weight)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Balanza 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 33K | — | Balanza | 37 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 179K | — | Balanza | 3 |
| ES Spain | — | 615 | 1 in 81K | 615 | Balanza | 70 |
| BO Bolivia | #855 | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Balanza | 29 |
| AR Argentina | — | 266 | 1 in 171K | 266 | Balanza | 28 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 140K | — | Balanza | 1 |
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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Balanza 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 Aragonese, balance (measuring device)
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)
- María José Madrid Balanzab. 1971ESSpanish archaeologist
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 615 | #6,750 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 615 | #6,747 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 266 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Balanza mean, and where does it come from?
- balance, scale (device used to measure weight) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Balanza have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.3 thousand people named Balanza in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled balanza.
- How common is the name Balanza?
- In Spain, the national register counted 615 people named Balanza, about 1 in 81 thousand residents.
- How common is Balanza compared with other names?
- In Bolivia, Balanza is the 855th most common surname of 29,432 surnames recorded there.
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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, “Balanza” — the 855th most common surname in Bolivia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.