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Bala Surname Meaning

Indian (Gujarat and Mumbai): Parsi name probably from Persian bālā ‘high exalted’. Indian (southern states): variant of Balan among speakers of Tamil and Malayalam who have migrated away from their home state. — Note: Since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames this name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.

Polish: from a shortened form of the personal name Baltazar. Hungarian: from a pet form of the personal name Balázs, a vernacular form of Blasius.

Albanian: from the personal name Balë (definite form Bala) which could be ultimately derived from a South Slavic name beginning with Bal- (see Balic) or from Albanian balë ‘whitish having a white spot on the face or muzzle’ (compare).

Albanian: nickname from balë (definite form bala), a term denoting a ‘(domestic animal with a) white spot on forehead or body’ or a ‘badger’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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You can see how Bala families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Bala family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1841 and 1920. The most Bala families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there was 1 Bala family living in Glamorgan. This was about 25% of all the recorded Bala's in United Kingdom. Glamorgan and 3 other counties had the highest population of Bala families in 1891.

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Between 1942 and 2004, in the United States, Bala life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1942, and highest in 1962. The average life expectancy for Bala in 1942 was 28, and 69 in 2004.

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