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 last name Belchor has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Belchor.

How Common Is The Last Name Belchor? popularity and diffusion

It is the 498,439th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,025,032 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Belchor are found; 97 percent are found in South America and 96 percent are found in Luso-South America. Belchor is also the 472,872nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 341 people.

Belchor is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 633 people, or 1 in 338,190. In Brazil it is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 25 percent reside, Maranhão, where 11 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 11 percent reside. Barring Brazil this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 2 percent reside and Argentina, where 1 percent reside.

Belchor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Belchor has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 72 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Belchor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Belchor surname is chiefly 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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