Last Name BALFOUR

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Meaning Local: from the castle and barony of Balfour near the junction of the rivers Or and Leven. The family are descended from Sir Michael de Balfour.
Local: From the barony and castle of Balfour, near the confluence of the rivers Or and Leven. (Scottish) Ball and Balla, in Gaelic, signifies a casting up, raising, like the Greek Bd/Uw, and denotes a wall, fortress, house, a village. Balfour, i. e., the Keep, or castle on the river Or. Balfoir the castle of deliverance or security.
Origin Scottish, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, South african

Rank 13,311 (2000 US census) 14,692 (1990 US census)
Count 2,100 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 67.81%, or 1424 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 26.71%, or 561 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.62%, or 13 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.43%, or 9 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.52%, or 32 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.9%, or 61 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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