How common is the surname Belsky?

1,022 people in the United States had the surname Belsky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,099 Americans. It ranked 24,483rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Belsky?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Belsky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Belsky getting more or less common?

More common. 998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,022 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Belsky

A surname, carried by 1,022 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). Belsky is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,022 people named Belsky in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,099 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 998.

#24,483

rank among US surnames

1,022

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #23,683)

Who is named Belsky

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

97% of people named Belsky identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Belsky

Belsky 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 Belsky?: 1,022 people in the United States had the surname Belsky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,099 Americans. It ranked 24,483rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Belsky?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Belsky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Belsky getting more or less common?: More common. 998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,022 in 2010, up 2.4%.