Ballantyne
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Ballantyne is a surname, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom. In St. Vincent & Grenadines it is the 26th most common surname. It appears chiefly in English and Welsh, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Probably ‘person from Bellenden’ in the Borders, perhaps ‘farmstead of the dean’.
- AUAustralia1 in 21K◐
- CACanada1 in 28K
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 32K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈2.9K ●
- Sources
- 261 ●
- 1 in 285 ◐
across 10 countries
36K records
Official registry-verified
St. Vincent & Grenadines
Meaning & origin●
Probably ‘person from Bellenden’ in the Borders, perhaps ‘farmstead of the dean’.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | — | 7,158 | 5.6K rec. | — | — | Ballantyne | 141 |
| AU Australia | — | 4,054 | 3.7K rec. | — | — | Ballantyne | 130 |
| CA Canada | — | 2,636 | 2.3K rec. | — | — | Ballantyne | 119 |
| US United States | — | 2,410 | 22K rec. | 1 in 138K | 2.4K | Ballantyne | 261 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | 524 | 335 rec. | — | — | Ballantyne | 57 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | #26 | 356△ | 15 rec. | 1 in 285 | 356 | Ballantyne | 11 |
| ZA South Africa | — | 183 | 178 rec. | — | — | Ballantyne | 24 |
| IT Italy | — | 149 | 155 rec. | — | — | Ballantyne | 10 |
| IL Israel | — | 90 | 93 rec. | — | — | Ballantyne | 2 |
| BR Brazil | — | 79 | 66 rec. | — | — | Ballantyne | 10 |
| DE Germany | — | 77 | 68 rec. | — | — | Ballantyne | 31 |
| CO Colombia | — | 60 | 57 rec. | — | — | Ballantyne | 6 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English37K79%
- Welsh3.8K8%
- Spanish1.1K2%
- 6721%
- French3641%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 37,085 | 79% |
| Welsh | 3,797 | 8% |
| Spanish | 1,119 | 2% |
| 672 | 1% | |
| French | 364 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- James Ballantyneb. 1772GBBritish publisher
- Robert Michael Ballantyneb. 1825GBScottish author of juvenile fiction (1825-1894)
- Charles Colquhoun Ballantyneb. 1867CACanadian politician (1867–1950)
- Joyce Ballantyneb. 1918USAmerican artist (1918–2006)
- Edith Ballantyneb. 1922CACanadian peace activist
- John L. Ballantyne IIIb. 1931USAmerican general
- Frederick Ballantyneb. 1936VCVincentian cardiologist (1936-2020)
- Linda Ballantyneb. 1964CACanadian voice actress
- Armağan Ballantyneb. 1972NZNew Zealand film director
- Paul Ballantyneb. 1982CACanadian ice hockey defenceman
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 27 sources across 17 countries.
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 25 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Ballantyne?
- We estimate roughly 2.9 thousand people bear Ballantyne (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
- In which country does Ballantyne have the most bearers?
- Ballantyne is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled ballantyne.
- Where is Ballantyne most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ballantyne is densest in St. Vincent & Grenadines — about 1 in 285 people — even though United Kingdom holds more of our records for it.
- How common is Ballantyne compared with other names?
- In St. Vincent & Grenadines, Ballantyne is the 26th most common surname of 1,182 surnames recorded there.
- What does the name Ballantyne mean?
- Recorded meaning: Probably ‘person from Bellenden’ in the Borders, perhaps ‘farmstead of the dean’.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ballantyne” — the 26th most common surname in St. Vincent & Grenadines. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.