Belchor Surname

498,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 661 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Belchor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Belchor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil6331:338,19012,991
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Belchor (341) may also be a first name.

Belchor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Belchor is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Belchor? popularity and diffusion

The surname Belchor is the 498,439th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 11,025,032 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Belchor reside; 97 percent reside in South America and 96 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 472,872nd most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 341 people.

The last name Belchor is most widely held in Brazil, where it is held by 633 people, or 1 in 338,190. In Brazil Belchor is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 25 percent are found, Maranhão, where 11 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 11 percent are found. Barring Brazil this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 2 percent are found and Argentina, where 1 percent are found.

Belchor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Belchor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Belchor surname declined 72 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Belchor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Belchor surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

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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 Belchor
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