Bal History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France
Spain

The Bal surname comes from the Basque words "lar," meaning "bramble patch" and "zabal," or "wide." Thus it is supposed that the original bearer of the name resided near wide patch of brambles.

Early Origins of the Bal family

The surname Bal was first found in the town of Idiaz bal, in the district of Tolosa (Guipuzcoa).

Early History of the Bal family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bal research. Another 62 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1643, 1739, 1756, 1778, 1793, 1798, 1805, 1811 and 1820 are included under the topic Early Bal History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bal Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lardizabal, Lardiz'Bal, Lardizábal and others.

Early Notables of the Bal family

Prominent among bearers of the family name at this time was

José de Lardiz bal (b. 1778), a Spanish general, early advocate of the independence of Spain in 1811

Bal Ranking

In France, the name Bal is the 3,508^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 1 However, in Netherlands, the name Bal is ranked the 541^st most popular surname with an estimated 3,241 people with that name. 2

Bal migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bal Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Barant Janse Bal, who arrived in Long Wand in 1651 3
Bernhard Jansen Bal, who landed in America in 1652 3
Anna Petersen Bal, who arrived in New Netherland(s) in 1652 3
Thomas Bal, who landed in Long Island in 1665 3

Bal migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 4

Bal Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Thomas Bal, who was established in Barbados in 1678

Contemporary Notables of the name Bal (post 1700) +

Bal Pandit (b. 1929), Indian cricketer

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
"Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies