How common is the surname Bellows?

3,601 people in the United States had the surname Bellows in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,739 Americans. It ranked 9,080th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bellows?

George Bellows, American painter (1882-1925), followed by Shenna Bellows.

Where is the surname Bellows most common?

Wikidata records people named Bellows in the United States.

Is the surname Bellows getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,601 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Bellows

A surname, carried by 3,601 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bellows is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,601 people named Bellows in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,739 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,610.

#9,080

rank among US surnames

3,601

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,409)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,073	Roan	3,603	85,691
#9,074	McElwee	3,602	85,715
#9,080	Bellows	3,601	85,739
#9,081	Lindahl	3,599	85,786
#9,084	Polo	3,598	85,810
#9,085	Varnado	3,597	85,834
#9,088	Whitesell	3,596	85,858

Who is named Bellows

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

90% of people named Bellows identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bellowss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Bellows
American painter (1882-1925)
Shenna Bellows
American politician, born 1975
Kieffer Bellows
American ice hockey player, born 1998

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bellows

Bellows has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

Questions

How common is the surname Bellows?: 3,601 people in the United States had the surname Bellows in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,739 Americans. It ranked 9,080th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bellows?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bellows identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bellows?: George Bellows, American painter (1882-1925), followed by Shenna Bellows.
Where is the surname Bellows most common?: Wikidata records people named Bellows in the United States.
Is the surname Bellows getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,601 in 2010, down 0.2%.