Bellefoy Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Bellefoy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bellefoy Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France161:4,151,420237,746
Canada31:12,281,864364,614

Bellefoy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bellefoy is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bellefoy? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bellefoy is the 4,532,898th most commonly used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Bellefoy occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Bellefoy live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

Bellefoy is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 4,151,420. In France Bellefoy is mostly concentrated in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 94 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 6 percent live. Outside of France this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bellefy9393/
Bellefou884/
Bellefaye821/
Bellefi801/
Blefy771/
Belleffi7558/
Billefod7540/
Bellefet7517/
Bellefaa755/
Bellefeue711/
Bellefeui711/
Bellifa67634/
Bellafi6710/
Bellafa671/
Willefo671/
Bellofi671/
Bellofe670/
Bellesfeed670/
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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 Bellefoy
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