# Bellas (surname)

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

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 890 |
| US rank (2010) | 27,185 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 346,905 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.6% (895 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a belltower, from Middle English belle (“bell”) + hous (“house”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bellas 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Similar surnames

Bills, Beals, Blais, Bellows, Blas, Bellis, Blass, Belles, Belz, Balas, Blasi, Balls.

## 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.