# Belleville (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/belleville/  
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) | 1,010 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,702 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 305,689 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.4% (1,014 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɛlˌvɪl/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Belle + -ville. * (French commune): From French Belleville, derived from belle vue (“beautiful view”). * (neighbourhood of Paris): From French Belleville, literally “beautiful town”. * (city in Ontario): Renamed in honour of Lady Annabella Gore after an 1816 visit with her husband, Francis Gore.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Belleville 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Similar surnames

Blauvelt, Belfield.

## 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.