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

Mabalot, 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 Mabalot surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Mabalot in America

Mabalot is the 66931st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Mabalot surname appeared 295 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 Mabalot.

We can also compare 2010 data for Mabalot 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 Mabalot

The surname MABALOT is believed to have originated in the Philippines, specifically in the Tagalog region of Luzon. The name can be traced back to the late 16th century, when the Spanish colonizers first arrived in the archipelago.

MABALOT is derived from the Tagalog word "balot," which means "wrapped" or "bundled." It is thought that the name was initially given to individuals who were involved in the wrapping or bundling of goods, such as traders or merchants. The earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in Spanish colonial records from the late 1500s.

One of the earliest known bearers of the MABALOT name was Juan MABALOT, a trader who lived in Manila in the early 17th century. He was mentioned in several Spanish documents related to the Manila Galleon Trade, which connected the Philippines to Mexico and Spain.

Another notable MABALOT was Francisca MABALOT, a Spanish-Filipino woman who lived in the town of Tondo in the mid-17th century. She was involved in a legal dispute over land ownership, and her name appears in court records from that time period.

In the 19th century, the MABALOT surname was also found in the Visayan region of the Philippines, particularly in the provinces of Cebu and Iloilo. One example is Ignacio MABALOT, a farmer from Cebu who was born in 1824 and lived until the late 1800s.

During the Spanish colonial period, the MABALOT name was sometimes spelled differently, such as "Mabalote" or "Mavalot," due to variations in Spanish transcription of Tagalog names. However, the modern spelling of "MABALOT" became more standardized in the 19th and 20th centuries.

In the late 20th century, a notable bearer of the MABALOT name was Rodolfo MABALOT, a Filipino politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1987 to 1998. He was born in 1941 and passed away in 2019.

While the MABALOT surname originated in the Philippines, it has since spread to other countries due to migration and the Filipino diaspora. However, its roots can be firmly traced back to the Tagalog region of Luzon, where it first emerged as a surname during the Spanish colonial era.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Mabalot

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

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 Mabalot 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 Mabalot 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 Mabalot was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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