How common is the surname Bellew?

2,739 people in the United States had the surname Bellew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,722 Americans. It ranked 11,488th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bellew?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bellew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Bellew most common?

Wikidata records people named Bellew in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Bellew getting more or less common?

More common. 2,471 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,739 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Bellew

A Norman surname, carried by 2,739 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). Bellew is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

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

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,739 people named Bellew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,722 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,471.

#11,488

rank among US surnames

2,739

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+10.8%

change since 2000 (was #11,642)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,484	Decicco	2,740	112,681
#11,488	Mangus	2,739	112,722
#11,493	Duffin	2,738	112,763
#11,497	Greenspan	2,737	112,804

Who is named Bellew

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

93% of people named Bellew identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bellews

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tony Bellew
British boxer, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Billow

Surnames that sound like Bellew

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

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bellew come from?: English and Irish surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Belleau.
How common is the surname Bellew?: 2,739 people in the United States had the surname Bellew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,722 Americans. It ranked 11,488th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bellew?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bellew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bellew?: Tony Bellew, British boxer.
Where is the surname Bellew most common?: Wikidata records people named Bellew in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Bellew getting more or less common?: More common. 2,471 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,739 in 2010, up 11%.
What are other spellings of Bellew?: Billow.