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Ballon Family History

Ballon Surname Meaning

Spanish and Galician: unexplained. French and English (Middlesex): from the Old French personal name Ballon Ballun derived from the oblique stem of ancient Germanic Ballo a short form of compound names based on the element bal presumably meaning ‘torment spitefulness’ (see Ballard).

French and English (Middlesex): from Old French balon ‘little ball’ or ‘package’ perhaps a nickname for a little man of rotund form or for someone whose occupation was to pack.

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Balon.

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


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You can see how Ballon families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Ballon family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Ballon families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 16 Ballon families living in Lancashire. This was about 33% of all the recorded Ballon's in United Kingdom. Lancashire had the highest population of Ballon families in 1891.
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What did your Ballon ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Ballon. 85% of Ballon women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    85%
  • Unpaid Domestic
    16%

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Between 1963 and 2004, in the United States, Ballon life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1975, and highest in 2003. The average life expectancy for Ballon in 1963 was 81, and 84 in 2004.

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