Belfils Surname

961,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Belfils Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Belfils Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2311:287,54444,088
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Haiti91:1,187,10112,579
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Belfils (13) may also be a first name.

Belfils Last Name Facts

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

The surname Belfils is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Belfils click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Belfils? popularity and diffusion

It is the 961,438th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Belfils reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 3,159,357th most common given name world-wide It is held by 13 people.

It is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 231 people, or 1 in 287,544. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 52 percent live, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 17 percent live and Île-de-France, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account France this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent live and Haiti, where 3 percent live.

Belfils Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Belfils has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Belfils surname expanded 215 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Belfils Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Belfils last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Belfils earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.76% more than the national average, earning $45,203 USD per year.

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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 Belfils
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