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    The surname Beltran

    A Spanish surname, carried by 49,776 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B436

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beltran is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    An anglicization of Spanish Beltrán.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 49,776 people named Beltran in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,203 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 34,736.

    #692
    rank among US surnames
    49,776
    people in 2010
    17
    per 100,000 Americans
    +43.3%
    change since 2000 (was #914)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #683Dillon50,4656,118
    #684Cline50,2586,143
    #685Wiggins50,2476,145
    #686Grimes50,2456,145
    #687Arellano50,1046,162
    #688Melton50,0696,166
    #689O'Neill50,0286,171

    Who is named Beltran

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

    91% of people named Beltran identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Beltrans

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert Beltran
      American actor, born 1953
    • Lucas Beltrán
      Argentine association football player (born 2001)
    • Yurizan Beltran
      American pornographic actress and model (1986–2017)
    • Tony Beltran
      American soccer player, born 1987
    • Eusebius J. Beltran
      American Roman Catholic prelate (1934–2025)
    • Emma Cohen
      Actress (1946-2016)

    Notable Beltrans come mostly from the United States (4), Brazil (1) and Spain (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Beltran

    Beltran has the Soundex code B436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B436.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Beltran come from?
    An anglicization of Spanish Beltrán.
    How common is the surname Beltran?
    49,776 people in the United States had the surname Beltran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,203 Americans. It ranked 692nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beltran?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Beltran identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Beltran?
    Robert Beltran, American actor, followed by Lucas Beltrán.
    Where is the surname Beltran most common?
    Wikidata records people named Beltran in the United States, Brazil and Spain.
    Is the surname Beltran getting more or less common?
    More common. 34,736 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 49,776 in 2010, up 43%.