How common is the surname Bellah?

1,315 people in the United States had the surname Bellah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,787 Americans. It ranked 20,239th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bellah?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Bellah identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bellah?

Robert Neelly Bellah, American sociologist (1927–2013).

Where is the surname Bellah most common?

Wikidata records people named Bellah in the United States.

Is the surname Bellah getting more or less common?

More common. 1,271 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,315 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Bellah

A surname, carried by 1,315 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bellah is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,315 people named Bellah in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,787 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,271.

#20,239

rank among US surnames

1,315

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #19,629)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,232	Musil	1,316	234,609
#20,239	Arista	1,315	234,787
#20,248	Gethers	1,314	234,966

Who is named Bellah

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

86% of people named Bellah identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.3%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bellahs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Neelly Bellah
American sociologist (1927–2013)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bellah

Bellah has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

Questions

How common is the surname Bellah?: 1,315 people in the United States had the surname Bellah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,787 Americans. It ranked 20,239th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bellah?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Bellah identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bellah?: Robert Neelly Bellah, American sociologist (1927–2013).
Where is the surname Bellah most common?: Wikidata records people named Bellah in the United States.
Is the surname Bellah getting more or less common?: More common. 1,271 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,315 in 2010, up 3.5%.