Belkin Surname

33,808th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,697 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Belkin Surname Definition:

(from the name of a female ancestor) Bella or its Yiddish equivalent Bayla becomes the diminutive Belka or Beilke. The final “n” is the Slavic suffix -in indicating descent. Sometimes Belkin is elaborated into Belkind.

Belkin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia12,0181:11,9921,664
United States1,5441:234,75322,551
Israel6781:12,6221,928
Belarus4691:20,2583,415
Kazakhstan3011:58,7467,311
Uzbekistan1091:283,7548,225
Canada991:372,17833,288
Australia741:364,80730,412
Kyrgyzstan691:86,56010,974
Germany591:1,364,49985,126
Estonia421:31,4725,782
England371:1,505,89364,828
Transnistria331:14,3852,759
Bulgaria211:332,32916,416
Turkey171:4,577,731104,623
Austria151:567,69652,281
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Turkmenistan91:609,9014,112
Moldova71:508,76732,975
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
China21:683,660,78330,601
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
France11:66,422,722504,397
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Belkin (1,681) may also be a first name.

Belkin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from the name of a female ancestor) Bella or its Yiddish equivalent Bayla becomes the diminutive Belka or Beilke. The final “n” is the Slavic suffix -in indicating descent. Sometimes Belkin is elaborated into Belkind.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Belkin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Belkin (Arabic: بيلكين, Georgian: ბელკინი, Russian: Белкин) occurs most in Russia. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Belkin? popularity and diffusion

The surname Belkin is the 33,808th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 464,264 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Belkin live; 60 percent live in Eastern Europe and 60 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Belkin is also the 187,744th most frequently held forename in the world It is held by 1,681 people.

It is most commonly held in Russia, where it is held by 12,018 people, or 1 in 11,992. In Russia it is most common in: Moscow, where 10 percent are found, Moscow Oblast, where 7 percent are found and Perm Krai, where 7 percent are found. Besides Russia this last name is found in 60 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Israel, where 4 percent are found.

Belkin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Belkin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Belkin last name grew 7,720 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 3,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Belkin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (91%) in Belarus, Orthodox (75%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (77%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Belkin surname are 2.83% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 49.6% registered with the party.

The amount Belkin earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 54.3% less than the national average, earning 158,172 kr per year; in United States they earn 30.56% more than the national average, earning $56,334 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.77% more than the national average, earning $52,548 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Belkina9215,289/
Bielkin9224/
Belkien9210/
Belkkin921/
Belckin921/
Bellkin921/
Blkin915/
Belkn911/
Bellking864/
Belkkina861/
Belckina861/
Belkyn831,216/
Belken83359/
Bylkin83356/
Belcin83226/
Bilkin83195/
Blkina831/
Bõlkin831/
Belkinova806/
Belkyna771,493/
Bylkina77164/
Bilkina7775/
Belchin7773/
Belquin7745/
Buelken7717/
Boelken7716/
Belkynd778/
Veelkin772/
Billkin771/
Bielken771/
Bhilkin771/
Bölking771/
Vlkin731/
Bilkienė7123/
Billkina711/
Bilken67146/
Bilcin6781/
Velkyn6749/
Völkin6734/
Bölken6726/
Bylkyn6721/
Belcen6719/
Bülken6719/
Bilqin674/
Vylkin673/
Bilkhn671/
Vlkkin671/
Belkenova671/
Belkem671/

Belkin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Belkin in the Georgian language
ბელკინიbelkini-
Belkin in the Russian language
Белкинbelkin-
Belkin in the Arabic language
بيلكينbylkyn-

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