# Belknap (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/belknap/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,270 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,890 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 94,418 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.0% (3,302 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɛlnæp/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Belknap in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Belknap in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Belknap

- Anna Belknap, American actress
- Jeremy Belknap, American historian

## Similar surnames

Blackmon, Blackman, Blessing, Blakeney, Blackmore, Blakemore, Blakeman, Balcom, Blasingame, Balsamo, Blackmer, Blossom.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.