The BALLANTYNE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	2,315	12317	0.001	9
United States (1880 census)	164	22292	0	3
Change since 1880	+2151	+9975	+N/A	+6
Other Countries
Australia	893	1834	0.005	55
United Kingdom	3,544	1767	0.008	77

Top States for BALLANTYNE by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	319	7941	0.001	9
Florida	159	10776	0.001	10
New York	131	13606	0.001	7
Iowa	109	3612	0.004	37
Texas	97	14999	0.000	5
Top States for BALLANTYNE by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Montana	42	2799	0.005	47
North Dakota	28	3648	0.004	44
Utah	89	2970	0.004	40
Iowa	109	3612	0.004	37
Idaho	45	3860	0.003	35

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BALLANTYNE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BALLANTYNE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BALLANTYNE in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BALLANTYNE by picking someone at random in Montana than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BALLANTYNE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BALLANTYNE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BALLANTYNE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BALLANTYNE in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	101	4.36
White (Hispanic)	44	1.9
Mixed Race	26	1.12
Asian/Pacific	15	0.65
Native American/Alaskan	8	0.35
White (Caucasian)	2,121	91.62

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BALLANTYNE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BALLANTYNE in historical publications

(origin: Local) A place of ancient pagan worship among the Celts, whose principal deity was Belen or Baal, the sun. To the honor of this deity, the Celts lighted fires on the 1st of May and Midsummer day. Baalantine signifies "the fire of Baal," from Baalen and teine, Gaelic, fire.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

BALLANTYNE. This Scottish name has undergone remarkalile changes. " Sir Bichard of Bannochtine of the Corhous," ■who flourished cu"c. 1400, sometimes wrote himself Banuachty', and his son is called Sir John BannatjTie. This spelling continued till temp. Chas. II., when the proprietor of Corhouse was called indifierently John Baimatyne and Johne Balleutyne, and his son is described as the son of John Ballenden. In fact, down to a recent period, the forms Bannatyne and Ballantyne have been used iudilTerently b} lirotliers of one house, and even by the same individual at different times. Inf. F. L. B. Dykes, Esq.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to BALLANTYNE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BALLANTYNE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.