How common is the surname Belknap?

3,270 people in the United States had the surname Belknap in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,418 Americans. It ranked 9,890th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Belknap?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Belknap identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Belknap?

Anna Belknap, American actress, followed by Jeremy Belknap.

Where is the surname Belknap most common?

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

How do you pronounce Belknap?

Belknap is /ˈbɛlnæp/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Belknap getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,270 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Belknap

A surname, carried by 3,270 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɛlnæp/ 2 syllables Soundex B425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Belknap is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,270 people named Belknap in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,418 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,302.

#9,890

rank among US surnames

3,270

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #9,097)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,881	Ugarte	3,272	94,360
#9,884	Blakemore	3,271	94,389
#9,890	Reeser	3,270	94,418
#9,894	Gwynn	3,268	94,475
#9,895	Schiavone	3,267	94,504
#9,899	Chacko	3,266	94,533

Who is named Belknap

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

96% of people named Belknap identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Belknaps

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anna Belknap
American actress, born 1972
Jeremy Belknap
American historian, 1744–1798

Notable Belknaps come mostly from the United States (1) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Questions

How common is the surname Belknap?: 3,270 people in the United States had the surname Belknap in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,418 Americans. It ranked 9,890th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Belknap?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Belknap identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Belknap?: Anna Belknap, American actress, followed by Jeremy Belknap.
Where is the surname Belknap most common?: Wikidata records people named Belknap in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
How do you pronounce Belknap?: Belknap is /ˈbɛlnæp/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Belknap getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,270 in 2010, down 1.0%.