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    The surname Belliveau

    A French surname, carried by 1,936 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B410

    Belliveau: #15,217 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Belliveau #15,217, 1,936 people Belliveau: #15,217 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Belliveau #15,217, 1,936 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Belliveau is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A variant of Beliveau, borrowed from French Béliveau.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,936 people named Belliveau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,476 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,995.

    #15,217
    rank among US surnames
    1,936
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3%
    change since 2000 (was #13,885)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,210Schnur1,937159,394
    #15,217Nathanson1,936159,476
    #15,221Gula1,935159,558
    #15,223Rosenberry1,934159,641

    Who is named Belliveau

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

    95% of people named Belliveau identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Belliveau

    Belliveau has the Soundex code B410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B410.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Belliveau come from?
    A variant of Beliveau, borrowed from French Béliveau.
    How common is the surname Belliveau?
    1,936 people in the United States had the surname Belliveau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,476 Americans. It ranked 15,217th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Belliveau?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Belliveau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Belliveau getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,995 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,936 in 2010, down 3.0%.
    What are other spellings of Belliveau?
    Beliveau.