Explore the Family Name Balderston

The meaning of Balderston

1. English: habitational name from either of two places in Lancashire called Balderston(e), deriving their names from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Baldhere (composed of the elements bald ‘bold, brave’ + here ‘army’) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. 2. Scottish: habitational name from Balderston in West Lothian, which has the same etymology as 1 above.

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How common is the last name Balderston in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Balderston has somewhat declined. In 2000, it ranked 31,884 in popularity and slightly fell to 33,280 by 2010, a change of -4.38%. However, the count of individuals with this last name slightly increased from 684 to 687 during this ten-year period, representing a growth rate of 0.44%. The proportion of this surname per 100,000 people decreased by 8% over the same time frame.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,884	#33,280	-4.38%
Count	684	687	0.44%
Proportion per 100k	0.25	0.23	-8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Balderston

In terms of ethnic identity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census, there were notable changes between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, 96.05% of individuals with the Balderston surname identified as White. This figure dropped to 93.74% in 2010. The number of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander dropped from 1.32% to zero, while the Hispanic representation remained relatively stable at around 2%. Interestingly, two new categories emerged in 2010: those identifying with two or more races (1.75%) and those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native (1.31%). There was no data for Black individuals in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.05%	93.74%	-2.41%
Hispanic	2.05%	2.04%	-0.49%
Two or More Races	0%	1.75%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.31%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.32%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%