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    The surname Belden

    A surname, carried by 4,600 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B435

    Belden: #7,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Belden #7,253, 4,600 people Belden: #7,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Belden #7,253, 4,600 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Belden is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,600 people named Belden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,119 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,421.

    #7,253
    rank among US surnames
    4,600
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #6,989)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,245Adames4,60467,060
    #7,246Beltz4,60367,075
    #7,247Theodore4,60167,104
    #7,253Belden4,60067,119
    #7,254Fenwick4,59767,162
    #7,255Nightingale4,59667,177
    #7,257Lohman4,59267,236

    Who is named Belden

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

    93% of people named Belden identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Beldens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William Belden
      American rower, 1949–2025

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Belden

    Belden has the Soundex code B435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B435.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Belden?
    4,600 people in the United States had the surname Belden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,119 Americans. It ranked 7,253rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Belden?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Belden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Belden?
    William Belden, American rower.
    Where is the surname Belden most common?
    Wikidata records people named Belden in the United States.
    Is the surname Belden getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,421 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,600 in 2010, up 4.0%.