Belles Surname
Approximately 5,731 people bear this surname
Belles Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2,540 | 1:18,406 | 2,047 |
| United States | 2,207 | 1:164,232 | 16,688 |
| France | 298 | 1:222,895 | 34,564 |
| Brazil | 186 | 1:1,150,937 | 40,026 |
| Philippines | 141 | 1:718,002 | 72,243 |
| Netherlands | 63 | 1:268,050 | 33,531 |
| Germany | 61 | 1:1,319,762 | 83,187 |
| Argentina | 44 | 1:971,441 | 61,182 |
| Ecuador | 33 | 1:481,995 | 10,698 |
| Mexico | 29 | 1:4,280,214 | 27,059 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Chile | 19 | 1:927,183 | 19,125 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| Uruguay | 14 | 1:245,126 | 18,218 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 39 | 1:625,009 | 31,098 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:130,701 | 5,289 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 502 | 1:100,037 | 10,157 |
The alternate forms: Bellés (65) & Bellès (3) are calculated separately.
Belles (47) may also be a first name.
Belles Demographics
Average Male Belles Height
174.59 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Belles Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Belles Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Belles is found most frequently in Spain. It may also occur as: Bellés or Bellès. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Belles? popularity and diffusion
It is the 84,327th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,271,601 people. The surname Belles occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Belles live; 44 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 44 percent live in Iberian Europe. Belles is also the 1,467,136th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 47 people.
This last name is most common in Spain, where it is borne by 2,540 people, or 1 in 18,406. In Spain Belles is primarily found in: Valencian Community, where 68 percent are found, Catalonia, where 24 percent are found and Aragon, where 5 percent are found. Beside Spain this surname occurs in 45 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 39 percent are found and France, where 5 percent are found.
Belles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Belles has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Belles last name rose 440 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 87 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Belles Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Belles surname are 6.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.82% being registered with the political party.
The amount Belles earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 4.74% less than the national average, earning 329,679 kr per year and in United States they earn 11.65% less than the national average, earning $38,122 USD per year.
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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 Belles
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