Belfonte Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Belfonte Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Belfonte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States721:5,034,152256,679
Trinidad and Tobago261:52,4614,513
Italy191:3,218,773100,309
Venezuela131:2,323,39126,733
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Israel91:950,84857,975
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

The alternate forms: Belfonté (1) are calculated separately.

Belfonte Last Name Facts

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

The last name Belfonte is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Belfonté. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Belfonte? popularity and diffusion

The last name Belfonte is the 1,398,030th most common last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Belfonte live; 37 percent live in North America and 37 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 5,034,152. In The United States it is most common in: Missouri, where 28 percent live, New York, where 22 percent live and Maryland, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Trinidad and Tobago, where 17 percent live and Italy, where 12 percent live.

Belfonte Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Belfonte surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.

Belfonte earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.65% more than the national average, earning $56,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Belfonté961/
Belfont9350/
Belfante8881/
Belfonti8841/
Bellfont880/
Blfont861/
Belfond80232/
Belfant801/
Belfanti75510/
Bellfant753/
Bellfond751/
Belfantti711/
Belfand6721/
Bellphante671/
Bilfand531/

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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 Belfonte
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