How common is the surname Beland?

1,913 people in the United States had the surname Beland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,393 Americans. It ranked 15,328th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Beland?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Beland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Beland getting more or less common?

More common. 1,837 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,913 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Beland

A French surname, carried by 1,913 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beland is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Beland or Béland, from Polish Bielański.

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 1,913 people named Beland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,393 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,837.

#15,328

rank among US surnames

1,913

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #14,813)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,322	Catano	1,915	161,225
#15,325	Irick	1,914	161,309
#15,328	Goudeau	1,913	161,393

Who is named Beland

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

92% of people named Beland identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beland

Beland has the Soundex code B453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B453.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Beland come from?: From French Beland or Béland, from Polish Bielański.
How common is the surname Beland?: 1,913 people in the United States had the surname Beland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,393 Americans. It ranked 15,328th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beland?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Beland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Beland getting more or less common?: More common. 1,837 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,913 in 2010, up 4.1%.