Ballance: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Ballance and Balance are two spellings with one history. Read literally, Ballance points to “A dweller at the sign of the balance”.

• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• In the 2010 US Census, 2,622 Americans gave Ballance as their last name (rank 11,933).
• The extra “l” in Ballance is a spelling habit rather than a different name.

Heraldry and the Ballance name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Ballance, so the heraldry linked to Balance is a starting point, not an automatic right. Research your Ballance family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.