How common is the surname Belote?

1,538 people in the United States had the surname Belote in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,745 Americans. It ranked 18,106th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Belote?

Melissa Belote, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, swimm.

Where is the surname Belote most common?

Wikidata records people named Belote in the United States.

Is the surname Belote getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,538 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Belote

A surname, carried by 1,538 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Belote is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,538 people named Belote in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 200,745 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,562.

#18,106

rank among US surnames

1,538

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,819)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,098	Quayle	1,539	200,614
#18,106	Chumbley	1,538	200,745

Who is named Belote

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

85% of people named Belote identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Belotes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Melissa Belote
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, swimm, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Belote

Belote has the Soundex code B430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B430.

Questions

How common is the surname Belote?: 1,538 people in the United States had the surname Belote in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,745 Americans. It ranked 18,106th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Belote?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Belote identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Belote?: Melissa Belote, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, swimm.
Where is the surname Belote most common?: Wikidata records people named Belote in the United States.
Is the surname Belote getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,538 in 2010, down 1.5%.