Balti
loc · Latin script
Meaning: A style of Pakistani cooking in which the food is cooked in an iron pan having two handles (kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations))
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 10 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
Balti is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 120 (measured from records)
no count published
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)A style of Pakistani cooking in which the food is cooked in an iron pan having two handles.
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Balti counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | — | 34 | Balti | 120 |
| US United States | — | listed | Balti | 51 |
| IN India | — | 381 | — | 8 |
| AR Argentina | — | 67 | — | — |
| BR Brazil | — | 48 | — | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 22 | — | 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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile 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 recorded senses
(measured from records)Balti is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Hungarian, Baltic (of or pertaining to the Baltic region or the Baltic Sea)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, nominative/vocative plural of balts
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, Baltistāņi - tauta, dzīvo Kašmiras ziemeļu daļas augstkalnu ielejās (Baltistānā), valoda pieder pie sinotibetiešu saimes tibetbirmiešu grupas, tuvu radniecīgi tibetiešiem, reliģija - islāms (šiisms), arī budisms
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Indoeiropiešu tautu grupa, pie kuras pieder latvieši un lietuvieši, senatnē arī senprūši, jātvingi, žemaiši, kurši, zemgaļi, sēļi, latgaļi, galindi u. c.
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, tā, ka piemīt krāsa, kāda raksturīga, piemēram, sniegam, pienam
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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)Evidence
(measured from records)14 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 10 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Balti mean, and where does it come from?
- A style of Pakistani cooking in which the food is cooked in an iron pan having two handles. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Balti have the most bearers?
- Balti is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled balti.
What do you want to know about Balti?
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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, “Balti”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.