Last Name BALL

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Meaning	The son of Baldwin, from the nickname Bald. This was popularly Ball. The 'd' in some casesmight be dropped later on, on account of its suggesting baldness. The other possibility for teh name meaning is a nickname 'the bald.' The representatives of this sobriquet have also dropped the final 'd' to hide the truth. The name also could be local 'at the Ball,' a sign-name. This sign-name has existed for centuries. Bal, a mine, the top of a hill, the top.

Origin	English, Cornish British, Gaelic, Jewish, Spanish, Dutch, Irish, Austrian, Hungarian

Rank	366 (2000 US census)	320 (1990 US census)

Count	77,561 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

84.53%, or 65562 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
11.7%, or 9075 total occurrences, as black,
0.43%, or 334 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.5%, or 388 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.17%, or 907 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.66%, or 1288 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Most Popular Kazakh Baby Names

Below is the list of popular Kazakh first names in alphabetical order.

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Адиль (Adil) Адия (Adiea) Ажар (Azhar) Айбала (Ajbala) Айбарша (Ajbarsha) Айбике (Ajbike) Айганша (Ajgansha) Айгуль (Ajgul) Аида (Aida) Айда...

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Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte