Family name Balyev (Балиев 
, Balyev , Балыев 
) , around the globe, is a rare surname. The surname Balyev is characteristic of Azerbaijan, where it is quite a rare surname, Bulgaria, and Kazakhstan. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan. Very seldom, Balyev is the forename as well as the last name.