Belais Surname
Approximately 574 people bear this surname
Belais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 299 | 1:18,853 | 2,352 |
| Philippines | 102 | 1:992,532 | 85,691 |
| Greece | 72 | 1:153,886 | 25,296 |
| France | 68 | 1:976,805 | 110,007 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Belaîs (1) are calculated separately.
Belais Demographics
Belais Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Belais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Belais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Belais is more commonly found in Lebanon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Belaîs. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Belais? popularity and diffusion
The surname Belais is the 554,992nd most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 12,696,073 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 71 percent of Belais reside; 53 percent reside in West Asia and 52 percent reside in Levant.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Lebanon, where it is held by 299 people, or 1 in 18,853. In Lebanon it is mostly concentrated in: Beqaa Governorate, where 62 percent live, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, where 19 percent live and North Governorate, where 15 percent live. Outside of Lebanon Belais occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 18 percent live and Greece, where 13 percent live.
Belais Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Belais has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Belais last name fell 65 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Belais Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Belais last name is primarily Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.
Belais earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 51.14% less than the national average, earning $21,083 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 Belais
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