How common is the surname Belcher?

28,321 people in the United States had the surname Belcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,902 Americans. It ranked 1,243rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Belcher?

Mathew Belcher, Australian sailor, followed by Patricia Belcher.

Where is the surname Belcher most common?

Wikidata records people named Belcher in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Belcher?

Belcher is /ˈbɛlt͡ʃɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Belcher getting more or less common?

More common. 27,947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,321 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Belcher

A French surname, carried by 28,321 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɛlt͡ʃɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex B426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Belcher is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French, from bel + cher.

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 28,321 people named Belcher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,902 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 27,947.

#1,243

rank among US surnames

28,321

people in 2010

9.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,149)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,234	Foreman	28,605	10,793
#1,235	Carranza	28,581	10,802
#1,236	Sharma	28,559	10,811
#1,237	Kern	28,547	10,815
#1,238	Chu	28,508	10,830
#1,239	Knowles	28,460	10,848
#1,240	Ma	28,452	10,851

Who is named Belcher

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

80% of people named Belcher identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Belchers

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mathew Belcher
Australian sailor, born 1982
Patricia Belcher
American actress (1954-)
Angela Belcher
American biochemist, Biological Engineer, born 1968
Jovan Belcher
American football player (1987–2012)
McKinley Belcher III
American actor, born 1984
Alan Belcher
American martial artist, born 1984
Charles Belcher
American actor (1872-1943)
Page Belcher
American congressman for Oklahoma (1899–1980)

Notable Belchers come mostly from the United States (7) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Belcher

Belcher has the Soundex code B426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B426.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Belcher come from?: From French, from bel + cher.
How common is the surname Belcher?: 28,321 people in the United States had the surname Belcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,902 Americans. It ranked 1,243rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Belcher?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Belcher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Belcher?: Mathew Belcher, Australian sailor, followed by Patricia Belcher.
Where is the surname Belcher most common?: Wikidata records people named Belcher in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Belcher?: Belcher is /ˈbɛlt͡ʃɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Belcher getting more or less common?: More common. 27,947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,321 in 2010, up 1.3%.