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    The surname Belair

    A French surname, carried by 1,709 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B460

    Belair: #16,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Belair #16,734, 1,709 people Belair: #16,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Belair #16,734, 1,709 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Belair is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,709 people named Belair in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,659 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,599.

    #16,734
    rank among US surnames
    1,709
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.9%
    change since 2000 (was #16,540)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,728Rivenbark1,710180,553
    #16,734Forbush1,709180,659
    #16,743Petti1,708180,764

    Who is named Belair

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    92% of people named Belair identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Belairs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bianca Belair
      American professional wrestler, born 1989

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Belair

    Belair has the Soundex code B460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B460.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Belair come from?
    Belair is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Belair?
    1,709 people in the United States had the surname Belair in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,659 Americans. It ranked 16,734th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Belair?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Belair identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Belair?
    Bianca Belair, American professional wrestler.
    Where is the surname Belair most common?
    Wikidata records people named Belair in the United States.
    Is the surname Belair getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,599 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,709 in 2010, up 6.9%.