How common is the surname Belli?

1,918 people in the United States had the surname Belli in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,973 Americans. It ranked 15,303rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Belli?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Belli identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Belli?

Willam Belli, American actor and drag queen, followed by Melvin Mouron Belli.

Where is the surname Belli most common?

Wikidata records people named Belli in the United States and Brazil.

Is the surname Belli getting more or less common?

More common. 1,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,918 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Belli

A surname, carried by 1,918 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). Belli is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,918 people named Belli in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 160,973 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,728.

#15,303

rank among US surnames

1,918

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+11%

change since 2000 (was #15,539)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,296	Brasfield	1,919	160,889
#15,303	Canto	1,918	160,973
#15,309	Kinner	1,917	161,057

Who is named Belli

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

87% of people named Belli identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bellis

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Willam Belli
American actor and drag queen, born 1982
Melvin Mouron Belli
American lawyer (1907-1996)
César Belli
Brazilian footballer and manager, born 1975

Notable Bellis come mostly from the United States (2) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Belli

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

Questions

How common is the surname Belli?: 1,918 people in the United States had the surname Belli in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,973 Americans. It ranked 15,303rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Belli?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Belli identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Belli?: Willam Belli, American actor and drag queen, followed by Melvin Mouron Belli.
Where is the surname Belli most common?: Wikidata records people named Belli in the United States and Brazil.
Is the surname Belli getting more or less common?: More common. 1,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,918 in 2010, up 11%.