# Bellew (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bellew/  
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 Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,739 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,488 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 112,722 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (2,471 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Billow |

## Etymology

English and Irish surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Belleau.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bellew 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) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bellew in the United Kingdom.

## People named Bellew

- Tony Bellew, British boxer

## Similar surnames

Bell, Bello, Beall, Ballew, Beale, Buell, Belle, Bella, Belew, Bewley, Belli, Belue.

## 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.