Bel Surname

10,591st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53,043 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Bel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco29,9561:1,15142
France6,5511:10,139975
Spain2,9301:15,9561,818
Turkey2,1321:36,5023,844
Netherlands1,2761:13,2341,927
Algeria9511:40,6227,275
United States8111:446,92838,345
Argentina7651:55,8744,724
India7121:1,077,33944,529
Haiti6901:15,4841,428
Saudi Arabia6761:45,6456,666
Tunisia5461:1,11880
Belgium4931:23,3203,670
Brazil4431:483,23818,263
Egypt3661:251,19117,305
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
Cameroon3101:66,9978,459
Taiwan2581:90,871906
Philippines1881:538,50161,337
Canada1611:228,85521,956
Romania1461:137,52014,831
Russia1421:1,014,95177,987
Germany1371:587,63147,553
Indonesia1221:1,084,01078,297
Suriname1211:4,567989
Iran1201:639,85434,741
Switzerland1051:78,2189,041
Papua New Guinea1011:80,73010,659
Ukraine991:459,82553,915
Cambodia901:172,0792,896
England891:626,04636,944
Italy701:873,66766,008
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Peru651:488,98714,013
Hong Kong561:130,9912,371
Pakistan551:3,248,07125,480
Australia521:519,14839,018
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Mexico471:2,640,98321,548
Singapore471:117,1854,783
Malaysia381:776,16436,096
Mauritania381:107,7606,553
United Arab Emirates371:247,62917,078
Angola361:749,7002,649
Ethiopia361:2,709,6188,935
Sweden341:289,61020,124
Croatia311:136,40719,258
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
Libya251:249,7591,033
South Sudan251:456,603797
Austria231:370,23639,193
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Poland171:2,235,809104,965
Qatar161:147,37516,023
China151:91,154,7714,767
Chile141:1,258,32022,898
Afghanistan131:2,473,32216,278
Czechia131:817,95970,223
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Bulgaria111:634,44625,919
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Belarus91:1,055,67372,859
Gabon91:209,9102,378
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Togo91:805,3086,372
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Guyana81:95,2786,792
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Bolivia61:1,769,4066,441
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Wales51:618,90625,852
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Senegal41:3,644,8366,064
Seychelles41:23,0981,012
Burkina Faso31:6,117,36722,156
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

The alternate forms: Běl (81), Bél (8) & Bèl (1) are calculated separately.

Bel (22,778) may also be a first name.

Bel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bel Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bel (Bengali: বেল, Georgian: ბელ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻞ, Hindi: बेल, Marathi: बेल, Oriya: େବଲ, Russian: Бел, Tibetan: བེལ་) occurs in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Běl, Bél or Bèl. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bel is the 10,591st most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 137,389 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Bel live; 60 percent live in North Africa and 59 percent live in Mahgreb. Bel is also the 34,251st most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 22,778 people.

This last name is most common in Morocco, where it is borne by 29,956 people, or 1 in 1,151. Beside Morocco Bel exists in 135 countries. It also occurs in France, where 12 percent are found and Spain, where 6 percent are found.

Bel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bel surname rose 2,534 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 445 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Bel last name is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Russia, Orthodox (86%) in Belarus and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Bel surname are 15.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.33% registered with the party.

The amount Bel earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 89.7% less than the national average, earning €3,092 per year; in Peru they earn 42.74% more than the national average, earning S/. 27,670 per year; in United States they earn 9.83% more than the national average, earning $47,391 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.08% less than the national average, earning $46,167 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Běl8981/
Bél898/
Bèl891/
Bell86603,760/
Biel86105,577/
Belt8614,854/
Behl8610,477/
Bael863,863/
Boel863,544/
Beel862,982/
Buel861,894/
Beul861,365/
Bhel861,164/
Beld861,039/
Besl86368/
Belh8654/
Belp8621/
Hbel866/
Åbel862/
Belø861/
Beël861/
Æbel861/
Beïl861/
Bl80869/
Belle7527,246/
Bheel7512,188/
Bhiel7511,651/
Biehl7510,417/
Buell7510,010/
Boehl751,000/
Boell75975/
Buehl75810/
Baehl75629/
Bhael75542/
Biell75209/
Begli75196/
Bhell75139/
Beell7563/
Beelt7560/
Baell7560/
Æbelø7555/
Beldt7549/
Bellt7520/
Beltt7515/
Beeld7514/
Beldì7513/
Beehl7511/
Behll759/
Belll757/
Behlh756/
Beull756/
Belld755/
Bellp754/
Bellh754/
Bhuel753/
Bhelh752/
Beelh752/
Belph752/
Beltė752/
Beesl752/
Hbeel752/
Åbell751/
Behlp751/
H'Bel751/
Belova67157,163/
Ble6737,354/
Bil6719,226/
Vel6711,344/
Byl673,265/
Wel672,606/
Blh67547/
Bll67193/
Belová67193/
Blø67141/
Belowa67138/
Böl6782/
Hbl6776/
Belsås6756/
Blå6737/
Uel6736/
Blt6734/
Bíl6725/
Blp6720/
Bhl6719/
Bål6717/
Bld6717/
D'Bell679/
Geebel677/
Beelle676/
Băl675/
Behell672/
Hbeelh671/
Hbelle671/
Bellhe671/
Beelth671/
Beeldt671/
Be'ele671/
Hőbelt671/
Bheell671/
Biehll670/

Bel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bel in the Georgian language
ბელbel-
Bel in the Bengali language
বেলbela-
Bel in the Hindi language
बेलbela99.43
Bel in the Marathi language
बेलbela97.31
बेळbela2.02
Bel in the Oriya language
େବଲebala90.96
େବଳebala8.81
େଲାela0.12
Bel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻞbl58.33
ﺍﺑﻞabl25
ﺍﻟﺒﻞalbl16.67
Bel in the Tibetan language
བེལ་bel42.86
བིལ་bil42.86
བཱལ་bal7.14
སྦེལ་bel7.14
Bel in the Russian language
Белbel-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bel
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