# Bello (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bello/  
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) | 16,915 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,143 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,253 people |
| Change since 2000 | +42% (11,933 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Italian and Spanish surname, from the adjective bello (“handsome, beautiful”). * As a Catalan surname, shortened from Abello. * As a Galician surname, variant of Vello, either a variant of Vela or from Latin vetulus. * As a Assyrian/Chaldean (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic) surname, from the name of the ancient king Βῆλος (Bêlos). * As a west African surname, Yola and Hausa variant of Ballo (see Barro).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bello 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) | 24% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 65% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bello in the United States, Argentina, Benin and Brazil.

## People named Bello

- Maria Bello, American actress
- George Bello, American soccer player
- Frank Bello, American bassist
- Ángel Bello, Argentinian archer
- Babatounde Bello, Beninese footballer
- Fernando Bello, Argentinian association football player (1910-1974)
- Nair Bello, Brazilian actress (1931–2007)

## Similar surnames

Bell, Beil, Beal, Beall, Buell, Ballou, Belle, Bella, Bellew, Belli, Buelow, Ballow.

## 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.