How common is the surname Beliveau?

1,721 people in the United States had the surname Beliveau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,399 Americans. It ranked 16,644th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Beliveau getting more or less common?

More common. 1,683 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,721 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Beliveau

A French surname, carried by 1,721 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beliveau is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Béliveau.

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 1,721 people named Beliveau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,399 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,683.

#16,644

rank among US surnames

1,721

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #15,870)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,635	Debellis	1,723	179,191
#16,641	Cornette	1,722	179,295
#16,644	Pinard	1,721	179,399
#16,652	Baudoin	1,720	179,503

Who is named Beliveau

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

96% of people named Beliveau identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Belliveau

Surnames that sound like Beliveau

Belliveau

Beliveau has the Soundex code B410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B410.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Beliveau come from?: Borrowed from French Béliveau.
How common is the surname Beliveau?: 1,721 people in the United States had the surname Beliveau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,399 Americans. It ranked 16,644th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beliveau?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Beliveau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
Is the surname Beliveau getting more or less common?: More common. 1,683 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,721 in 2010, up 2.3%.
What are other spellings of Beliveau?: Belliveau.