How common is the surname Belmont?

3,363 people in the United States had the surname Belmont in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,807 Americans. It ranked 9,648th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Belmont?

In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Belmont identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Belmont?

Alva Belmont, American suffragette and socialite (1853–1933), followed by Perry Belmont.

Where is the surname Belmont most common?

Wikidata records people named Belmont in the United States.

How do you pronounce Belmont?

Belmont is /ˈbɛlmɒnt/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Belmont getting more or less common?

More common. 2,944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,363 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Belmont

A Norman surname, carried by 3,363 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɛlmɒnt/ 2 syllables Soundex B455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Belmont is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

From either French bel (“beautiful”) + mont (“mountain, mount”), or else Italian bel (a clipped form of bello (“beautiful”) + monte (“mountain”).

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 3,363 people named Belmont in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,807 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,944.

#9,648

rank among US surnames

3,363

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+14.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,093)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,642	Wilken	3,366	91,725
#9,643	Azar	3,365	91,752
#9,646	Bash	3,364	91,779
#9,648	Rode	3,363	91,807
#9,652	Pecoraro	3,362	91,834

Who is named Belmont

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

76% of people named Belmont identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Belmonts

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alva Belmont
American suffragette and socialite (1853–1933)
Perry Belmont
American politician (1851–1947)
Oliver Belmont
American congressman for New York (1858–1908)
Virginia Belmont
American actress (1921-2014)
August Belmont Jr.
American financier (1853–1924)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Belmont

Belmont has the Soundex code B455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B455.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Belmont come from?: From either French bel (“beautiful”) + mont (“mountain, mount”), or else Italian bel (a clipped form of bello (“beautiful”) + monte (“mountain”).
How common is the surname Belmont?: 3,363 people in the United States had the surname Belmont in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,807 Americans. It ranked 9,648th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Belmont?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Belmont identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Belmont?: Alva Belmont, American suffragette and socialite (1853–1933), followed by Perry Belmont.
Where is the surname Belmont most common?: Wikidata records people named Belmont in the United States.
How do you pronounce Belmont?: Belmont is /ˈbɛlmɒnt/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Belmont getting more or less common?: More common. 2,944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,363 in 2010, up 14%.