Belgium Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Belgium Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Belgium Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:1,797,35772,927
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Belgium (150) may also be a first name.

Belgium Last Name Facts

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

The surname Belgium occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Belgium.

How Common Is The Last Name Belgium? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,274,477th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Belgium are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 752,187th most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 150 people.

This last name is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 1,797,357. In England Belgium is mostly found in: City of Bristol, where 81 percent live, Wiltshire, where 6 percent live and West Midlands, where 6 percent live. Excluding England it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent live and Afghanistan, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Beljium8619/
Belioum865/
Beljum771/
Belsum770/
Belchum711/
Boelsum710/
Bljum672/
Belsom62433/
Biljum6212/
Beleom627/
Bilsum625/
Beljom622/
Blessum57247/
Beleyom571/
Bilieum570/

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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 Belgium
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