Belem Surname
Approximately 144,256 people bear this surname
Belem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 123,676 | 1:148 | 19 |
| Brazil | 14,304 | 1:14,966 | 783 |
| Mali | 2,517 | 1:6,742 | 414 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,067 | 1:21,623 | 1,580 |
| Chad | 770 | 1:17,652 | 2,191 |
| Yemen | 484 | 1:54,598 | 4,241 |
| Portugal | 330 | 1:31,570 | 1,981 |
| Mexico | 209 | 1:593,905 | 9,891 |
| Cameroon | 180 | 1:115,384 | 13,316 |
| India | 171 | 1:4,485,762 | 116,822 |
| South Africa | 155 | 1:349,534 | 32,108 |
| United States | 72 | 1:5,034,152 | 256,679 |
| France | 72 | 1:922,538 | 106,020 |
| Canada | 50 | 1:736,912 | 58,785 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 1:1,379,103 | 9,281 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Uruguay | 15 | 1:228,784 | 17,372 |
| Senegal | 14 | 1:1,041,382 | 3,211 |
| Italy | 13 | 1:4,704,361 | 107,811 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Belém (513) & Bélem (3) are calculated separately.
Belem (20,479) may also be a first name.
Belem Demographics
Average Belem Salary in
United States
$47,908 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Belem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Belem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Belem (Bengali: বেলেম, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻠﻤﻪ, Marathi: बेलेम, Oriya: େବେଲମ, Russian: Белем, Tibetan: སྦལ་ལེགས་མོ།) occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Belém or Bélem. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Belem? popularity and diffusion
The last name Belem is the 3,879th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 50,518 people. The surname Belem is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Belem live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 37,157th most frequent given name worldwide, borne by 20,479 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 123,676 people, or 1 in 148. In Burkina Faso Belem is primarily found in: Nord Region, where 44 percent are found, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 18 percent are found and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 11 percent are found. Besides Burkina Faso this last name occurs in 55 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 10 percent are found and Mali, where 2 percent are found.
Belem Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Belem last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.
The amount Belem earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 57.38% less than the national average, earning R 101,292 per year; in United States they earn 11.03% more than the national average, earning $47,908 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.19% more than the national average, earning $51,765 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Belem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Belem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻠﻤﻪ | blmh | - |
| Belem in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྦལ་ལེགས་མོ། | ballekmo | - |
| Belem in the Bengali language | ||
| বেলেম | belema | - |
| Belem in the Oriya language | ||
| େବେଲମ | ebelama | - |
| Belem in the Marathi language | ||
| बेलेम | belema | - |
| Belem in the Russian language | ||
| Белем | belem | - |
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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
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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
- 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 Belem
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