Belch Surname
Approximately 1,516 people bear this surname
Belch Surname Definition:
James Belch was tenant in Cowie, parish of St. Ninians, 1735 (Stirling). Several persons named Belsh are recorded in Dunblane in seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Dunblane).
Belch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,090 | 1:332,531 | 30,094 |
| Canada | 145 | 1:254,108 | 24,080 |
| England | 130 | 1:428,600 | 28,863 |
| Northern Ireland | 38 | 1:48,554 | 4,148 |
| Scotland | 31 | 1:172,704 | 9,690 |
| New Zealand | 24 | 1:188,680 | 19,801 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 1:1,163,151 | 37,744 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 18 | 1:246,104 | 10,726 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 134 | 1:181,906 | 14,990 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:249,548 | 8,553 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 201 | 1:249,844 | 20,715 |
Belch (10) may also be a first name.
Belch Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
James Belch was tenant in Cowie, parish of St. Ninians, 1735 (Stirling). Several persons named Belsh are recorded in Dunblane in seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Dunblane).
Belch Demographics
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Belch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Belch Come From? nationality or country of origin
Belch has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Belch? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 259,335th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,807,088 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Belch are found; 81 percent are found in North America and 81 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common given name world-wide, held by 10 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 1,090 people, or 1 in 332,531. In The United States Belch is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 18 percent reside, Virginia, where 8 percent reside and Florida, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 10 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.
Belch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Belch has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Belch last name rose 542 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 3 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 207 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Belch Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Presbyterian (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Belch surname are 6.36% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.13% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Belch earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.3% less than the national average, earning $42,587 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.9% more than the national average, earning $58,078 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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