Explore the Family Name Balliet

The meaning of Balliet

French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine): altered form of Baillet, a nickname for someone with light-brown or reddish-brown hair, from a derivative of bai ‘reddish brown (of a horse’s coat)’, from Latin badius. Compare Balliett and Balyeat.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Balliet has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010, moving down in rank from 15,446 to 15,889, a change of -2.87%. However, the count of individuals carrying this surname increased during this same period, with an increase of 5.11% bringing the total to 1,830 people in 2010. The proportion of people with this surname per 100k also fell by -4.62%, indicating that while the absolute number of people with this name may have risen, it did not keep pace with the growth in overall population.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,446	#15,889	-2.87%
Count	1,741	1,830	5.11%
Proportion per 100k	0.65	0.62	-4.62%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Balliet

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows shifts in the ethnic identities associated with the Balliet surname between 2000 and 2010. There were no listed individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native descent in 2010, where there had been a small percentage in 2000. The proportion of people identifying as White decreased by -1.63%, falling to 94.64%. Meanwhile, those identifying as having two or more races increased by 59.30%, and those identifying as Hispanic saw an increase of 82.54%. The percentage of people with this surname identifying as Black decreased slightly by -11.22%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.21%	94.64%	-1.63%
Hispanic	1.26%	2.3%	82.54%
Two or More Races	0.86%	1.37%	59.3%
Black	0.98%	0.87%	-11.22%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.29%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.4%	0%	0%