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
Belles is most common in Spain. It can occur as: Bellés or Bellès. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Belles? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 84,327th most frequent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,271,601 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Belles live; 44 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 44 percent live in Iberian Europe. It is also the 1,467,136th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 47 people.
The surname Belles is most frequently used in Spain, where it is borne by 2,540 people, or 1 in 18,406. In Spain it is most prevalent in: Valencian Community, where 68 percent reside, Catalonia, where 24 percent reside and Aragon, where 5 percent reside. Beside Spain this surname is found in 45 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 39 percent reside and France, where 5 percent reside.
Belles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Belles has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Belles surname grew 440 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 87 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 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 US average, with 52.82% registered to vote for the 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
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- 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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