Balili

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A barangay of La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines

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

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

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ALAlbania≈1 in 12K
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 62K

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)

≈8,000 people, est.

Sources
62 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Albania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A barangay of La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Balili 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 Balili is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines#884≈8,000 est.≈1 in 14K—Balili53
ID Indonesia—≈4,300 est.≈1 in 62K—Balili9
AL Albania—≈260 est.≈1 in 12K—Balili23
TZ Tanzania—≈190 est.≈1 in 304K—Balili7
MA Morocco—≈160 est.≈1 in 218K—Balili10
AE United Arab Emirates—≈49 est.≈1 in 204K—Balili6
BE Belgium—11 in 12M1—2

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: Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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)

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

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Italy, United States

    Also written Bãlîlï

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Türkiye

    Also written Bálili

  • Greek surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece, Philippines

    Also written Μπαλιλη

29 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)

Balili is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In mdr, turn oneself around when lying or sleeping; rotate

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

  • In wlo, turn around, turn over, roll over

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

  • In kne, soft rush (Juncus effusus)

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

  • In Cebuano, grass; weed

    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)

1950196019701980Zaho Balili, b. 1951Ahmed Balili, b. 1957Pini Balili, b. 1979

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 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Balili
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20081#175,545

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 Balili mean, and where does it come from?
A barangay of La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Balili have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 8.0 thousand people named Balili in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled balili.
How common is the name Balili?
In Belgium, the national register counted 1 people named Balili in 2008, about 1 in 12 million residents.
How common is Balili compared with other names?
In the Philippines, Balili is the 884th most common surname of 876,464 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, “Balili” — the 884th most common surname in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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