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    The surname Belles

    A surname, carried by 1,912 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B420

    Belles: #15,340 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Belles #15,340, 1,912 people Belles: #15,340 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Belles #15,340, 1,912 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Belles is more common than 90.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,912 people named Belles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,478 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,808.

    #15,340
    rank among US surnames
    1,912
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #15,005)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,340Mungia1,912161,478
    #15,347McMiller1,911161,562

    Who is named Belles

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

    93% of people named Belles identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Belles

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Belles?
    1,912 people in the United States had the surname Belles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,478 Americans. It ranked 15,340th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Belles?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Belles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Belles getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,808 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,912 in 2010, up 5.8%.