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Belitho Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. A common Cornish name, and no doubt local.

1673. John Bolitho and Ann Cox: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).

Belitho Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Belitho Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. A common Cornish name, and no doubt local.

1673. John Bolitho and Ann Cox: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A Cornish name, probably local in that county.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Bolitho, a hill in Crowan; from bol-ithig, the great belly (i. e. the great hill). Polito, Pollitto, Belitho are most probably the same name; and Bolitha may be from the same root.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

The well - known Cornish family of Bolitho of Penzance has long been represented in West Cornwall. In 1640, Alexander Bolytho was a member of the Helston corporation (G.). William Bolithoe was sheriff of Exeter in 1693 (Izacke's "Exeter").

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Belito921,573/
Bolitho862,093/
Belitos8618/
Belitou8617/
Belisto8610/
Belitha866/
Belitto865/
Belitah862/
Balitho861/
Beleito861/
Beliotou804/
Bolito772,808/
Belita77764/
Balito77365/
Velito77227/
Beleto7749/
Bilito7732/
Beluto7712/
Welito774/
Belista712,251/
Bollito71464/
Balaito7186/
Ballito7140/
Beliota7133/
Belutto7126/
Bilitos7118/
Bolitto7116/
Balitah7113/
Beliuta7112/
Balitou719/
Belitta718/
Bilitou716/
Belitas713/
Boeleto713/
Beleuto713/
Belitaş713/
Beletto712/
Beletou712/
Boletho712/
Bolaito711/
Bolitha711/
Balitha711/
Beslita711/
Bilaito711/
Velitha711/
Baleito711/
Balitoy711/
Bilitoi711/
Belieta711/
Beletoa711/
Wilitho711/
Velitos711/
Beleyto711/
Belishta67204/
Balaitah6759/
Veliotou6738/
Bieletto6733/
Beleitau6713/
Belechto6712/
Beletout679/
Bolietto679/
Velethoa678/
Biglieto672/
Bollitto672/
Velaitou671/
Balitaha671/
Baliutto671/

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