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    The surname Belka

    A Polish nickname surname, carried by 546 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B420

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Belka is more common than 75.3% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Polish Belka, a nickname for a tall, upright man, from belka (“beam, timber”). * Borrowed from Czech Bělka, from a pet form of the female given name Běla.

    Belka is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 546 people named Belka in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 565,468 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 519.

    #40,144
    rank among US surnames
    546
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #39,824)

    Who is named Belka

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

    96% of people named Belka identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Belka

    Belka has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Belka come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Polish Belka, a nickname for a tall, upright man, from belka (“beam, timber”). * Borrowed from Czech Bělka, from a pet form of the female given name Běla.
    How common is the surname Belka?
    546 people in the United States had the surname Belka in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 565,468 Americans. It ranked 40,144th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Belka?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Belka identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Belka?
    Belka is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Belka getting more or less common?
    More common. 519 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 546 in 2010, up 5.2%.