Balke

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English

Etymology

As a German surname, from Balken (“beam”). Also a spelling variant of Balk.
As a Norwegian surname, from Old Norse balkr (“beam”), a doublet of the above.

Proper noun

Balke (plural Balkes)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Balke is the 13775^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2196 individuals. Balke is most common among White (81.69%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Balke”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 89.

Anagrams

Blake, Kabel, Kaleb, blake, bleak

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