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Ball

in Kentucky

There are 2,086 people with the last name "Ball" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

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Ball 215
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  1. is 211th most common Burke
  2. is 212th most common Jordan
  3. is 213th most common Mcdonald
  4. is 214th most common Thacker
  5. is 215th most common Ball
  6. is 216th most common Franklin
  7. is 217th most common Williamson
  8. is 218th most common Pierce
  9. is 219th most common Stanley

Similar Names and Nicknames

Bell, Bailey, Ballard, Ballew, Ballinger, Bello, Bull, Ballou, Ballesteros, Ballenger

Most Common First Names for Ball

James, John, Donald, Robert, William, David, Michael, Mary, Donna, Gary

Meaning & History

English: nickname for a short, fat person, from Middle English bal(le) ‘ball’ (Old English ball, Old Norse bǫllr).

English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a knoll or rounded hill, from the same Middle English word, bal(le), used in this sense.

English: from the Old Norse personal name Balle, derived either from ballr ‘dangerous’ or bǫllr ‘ball’.

South German: from Middle High German bal ‘ball’, possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for a juggler, or a habitational name from a place so named in the Rhine area.

Dutch and German: short form of any of various Germanic personal names formed with the element bald (see Bald).

FOREBEARS William Ball (1616–80) emigrated from Suffolk, England, to VA about 1650 and was one of the founders of Millenbeck on the Rappahannock.

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