Belanger Surname
Approximately 63,911 people bear this surname
Belanger Surname Definition:
(French) One who came from beautiful Anger (ancient name combining Ans, a divinity and gari, (spear); one who came from Angre or Angres, in France; variants of Boulanger, q.v.
Read More About This SurnameBelanger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 46,260 | 1:796 | 32 |
| United States | 16,345 | 1:22,176 | 2,786 |
| France | 709 | 1:93,685 | 13,602 |
| Haiti | 127 | 1:84,125 | 4,293 |
| Dominican Republic | 123 | 1:84,821 | 3,815 |
| Panama | 41 | 1:95,421 | 3,699 |
| Australia | 37 | 1:729,614 | 48,196 |
| Brazil | 32 | 1:6,689,823 | 158,565 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Mexico | 19 | 1:6,532,958 | 32,927 |
| Chile | 16 | 1:1,101,030 | 21,213 |
| Guam | 16 | 1:10,008 | 1,526 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 1:1,505,272 | 5,843 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 446 | 1:112,598 | 11,173 |
The alternate forms: Bélanger (2,205) are calculated separately.
Belanger (111) may also be a first name.
Belanger Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) One who came from beautiful Anger (ancient name combining Ans, a divinity and gari, (spear); one who came from Angre or Angres, in France; variants of Boulanger, q.v.
User-submitted Reference
From the give name, Bérenger, which is a French form of the ancient Germanic, Berengar, which derives from 'bear' and 'spear'. It was the name of two medieval kings from Italy and a Holy Roman emperor.
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Average Belanger Salary in
United States
$45,869 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Belanger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Belanger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Belanger (Arabic: بلنجر) is found most frequently in Canada. It may be rendered as a variant: Bélanger. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Belanger? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,865th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 114,026 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Belanger reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Gallo-North America. It is also the 890,531st most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 111 people.
Belanger is most commonly occurring in Canada, where it is carried by 46,260 people, or 1 in 796. In Canada Belanger is mostly found in: Quebec, where 78 percent are found, Ontario, where 14 percent are found and Alberta, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Canada this last name exists in 57 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Belanger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Belanger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Belanger last name expanded 3,665 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Belanger Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Belanger surname are 8.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 62.19% being registered with the political party.
The amount Belanger earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.3% more than the national average, earning $45,869 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.03% less than the national average, earning $42,710 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Belanger Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Belanger in the Arabic language | ||
| بلنجر | blnjr | - |
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Belanger Reference & Research
Belanger & Bellinger DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Belanger & Bellinger FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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- 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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Belanger
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