How common is the surname Belgrave?

1,277 people in the United States had the surname Belgrave in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. It ranked 20,709th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Belgrave?

In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Belgrave identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Belgrave?

Marcus Belgrave, American trumpeter (1936–2015).

Where is the surname Belgrave most common?

Wikidata records people named Belgrave in the United States.

Is the surname Belgrave getting more or less common?

More common. 1,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,277 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Belgrave

A surname, carried by 1,277 people in the United States.

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). Belgrave is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,277 people named Belgrave in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,126.

#20,709

rank among US surnames

1,277

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+13.4%

change since 2000 (was #21,590)

Who is named Belgrave

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

76% of people named Belgrave identified as Black (not Hispanic), 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 10% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 76%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
White (not Hispanic) 10%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Belgraves

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marcus Belgrave
American trumpeter (1936–2015)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Belgrave

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

Questions

How common is the surname Belgrave?: 1,277 people in the United States had the surname Belgrave in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. It ranked 20,709th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Belgrave?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Belgrave identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Belgrave?: Marcus Belgrave, American trumpeter (1936–2015).
Where is the surname Belgrave most common?: Wikidata records people named Belgrave in the United States.
Is the surname Belgrave getting more or less common?: More common. 1,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,277 in 2010, up 13%.