How common is the surname Belz?

1,894 people in the United States had the surname Belz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,012 Americans. It ranked 15,464th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Belz?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Belz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Belz getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,894 in 2010, down 7.0%.

The surname Belz

A surname, carried by 1,894 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bɛlz/ 1 syllable Soundex B420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Belz is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

From Ukrainian Белз (Belz).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,894 people named Belz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,012 Americans. That is down 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,037.

#15,464

rank among US surnames

1,894

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-7%

change since 2000 (was #13,658)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,456	Cadwallader	1,895	162,926
#15,464	Belz	1,894	163,012
#15,471	Castner	1,893	163,099

Who is named Belz

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

92% of people named Belz identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Two or more races 0.9%

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 Belz

Belz has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

Questions

Where does the surname Belz come from?: From Ukrainian Белз (Belz).
How common is the surname Belz?: 1,894 people in the United States had the surname Belz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,012 Americans. It ranked 15,464th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Belz?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Belz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Belz?: Belz is /bɛlz/, one syllable.
Is the surname Belz getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,894 in 2010, down 7.0%.