Ball

in North Carolina

There are 2,911 people with the last name "Ball" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Ball 321
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  1. is 317th most common Steele
  2. is 318th most common Daniel
  3. is 319th most common Owen
  4. is 320th most common Beasley
  5. is 321st most common Ball
  6. is 322nd most common Bradshaw
  7. is 323rd most common Goodman
  8. is 324th most common Heath
  9. is 325th most common May

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ball

James, David, William, Michael, Charles, Robert, John, Mary, Larry, Richard



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 (161680) emigrated from Suffolk, England, to VA about 1650 and was one of the founders of Millenbeck on the Rappahannock.


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