The Balster Last Name

Balster is how some branches of the Balzer family came to write their name. The family name meaning is “A descendant of Balthasar”, the same as for Balzer.

Spelling and variants

Before spelling was fixed, Balzer was also written Balster. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Balser, Balthaser and Balz.

In the records

603 Americans were listed as Balster in the 2010 census. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Balzer surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

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