Belafonte Surname

975,866th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 265 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Belafonte Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Belafonte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil801:2,675,92980,209
United States731:4,965,191254,179
England551:1,013,05650,089
Panama101:391,2268,067
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Jamaica81:358,7438,527
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

The alternate forms: Belafonté (1) are calculated separately.

Belafonte (51) may also be a first name.

Belafonte Last Name Facts

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

Belafonte has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can appear as a variant: Belafonté. For other potential spellings of Belafonte click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Belafonte? popularity and diffusion

The surname Belafonte is the 975,866th most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 27,500,173 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Belafonte live; 34 percent live in South America and 30 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,396,783rd most prevalent forename at a global level It is held by 51 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 2,675,929. In Brazil Belafonte is most prevalent in: Paraná, where 49 percent are found, São Paulo, where 34 percent are found and Mato Grosso do Sul, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Brazil this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent are found and England, where 21 percent are found.

Belafonte Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Belafonte surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Belafonte earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 33.71% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,920 per year; in Colombia they earn 6.87% less than the national average, earning $21,142,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 9.85% more than the national average, earning $47,401 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Belafonte
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