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    The surname Belser

    A surname, carried by 1,895 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B426

    Belser: #15,456 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Belser #15,456, 1,895 people Belser: #15,456 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Belser #15,456, 1,895 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Belser is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,895 people named Belser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,926 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,636.

    #15,456
    rank among US surnames
    1,895
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.8%
    change since 2000 (was #16,230)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,449Ivester1,896162,840
    #15,456Cadwallader1,895162,926
    #15,464Belz1,894163,012

    Who is named Belser

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

    51% of people named Belser identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 51%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Belser

    Belser has the Soundex code B426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B426.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Belser?
    1,895 people in the United States had the surname Belser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,926 Americans. It ranked 15,456th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Belser?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Belser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Belser getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,895 in 2010, up 16%.