Balila

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/bæɫiɫə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Balila is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 2.8M(measured from records)
  • BRBrazil1 in 5.3M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

40 people

Sources
15 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.8M (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Balila 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 Balila is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil401 in 5.3M40——
CH Switzerland31 in 2.8M3——
PH Philippines———Balila14
FR France———Balila15
US United States——listedBalila9

40 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (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)

Balila is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Amharic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines

    Also written ባሊላ

32 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Balila is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Cebuano, the dorab wolf-herring (Chirocentrus dorab)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Cebuano, wolf herring: Chirocentrus dorab

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ms Balila,
InformalHi Balila,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Balila
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—40#122,472
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20243#154,370
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Balila?
A machine transcription gives /bæɫiɫə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Balila have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 40 people named Balila, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Balila most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Balila is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 2.8 million people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Balila?
In Brazil, the national register counted 40 people named Balila, about 1 in 5.3 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, “Balila”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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