Find out how popular the last name Ballot is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Ballot.

Ballot, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Ballot surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ballot in America

Ballot is the 69996th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ballot surname appeared 280 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Ballot.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ballot to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Ballot

The surname BALLOT originated in France during the late medieval period, derived from the Old French word "baillot" or "ballot," meaning a small bale or bundle of goods. The name likely referred to an occupation, possibly a merchant or trader who dealt with bundled merchandise.

The earliest recorded instances of the BALLOT surname can be traced back to the 12th century in regions of northern France, such as Normandy and Picardy. The name appears in various spellings, including Balot, Balod, and Baillot, reflecting the regional variations in pronunciation and orthography.

One of the earliest documented references to the BALLOT surname is found in the Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Saint-Évroult, a 12th-century manuscript from the Abbey of Saint-Evroult in Normandy, which mentions a certain Radulfus Ballot.

During the Middle Ages, the BALLOT name was associated with several notable individuals, including Guillaume Ballot, a 14th-century French scholar and author from Normandy, and Jean Ballot, a 15th-century cleric and diplomat who served as the ambassador of King Charles VII of France to the Holy Roman Empire.

In the 16th century, the BALLOT surname gained prominence with the rise of Jacques Ballot, a French jurist and legal scholar who served as the President of the Parlement of Paris, one of the highest judicial positions in the kingdom at the time.

Another significant figure bearing the BALLOT surname was Pierre Ballot, a 17th-century French botanist and physician who made significant contributions to the study of plant anatomy and physiology. He was born in 1639 and served as the personal physician to King Louis XIV.

As the BALLOT name spread across France and beyond, it became associated with various place names, such as Ballon, a commune in the Sarthe department of northwestern France, and Ballots, a hamlet in the commune of Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes, in the Orne department of Normandy.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ballot

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Ballot.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Ballot was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Ballot has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Ballot was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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