Bellingham Surname
Approximately 4,310 people bear this surname
Bellingham Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Bellingham' a parish in Northumberland, (a) Local, 'of Billingham,' a parish in County Durham, I strongly suspect that some small spot, also called Bellingham, existed or exists in Norfolk, whence some of our Bellinghams and Billinghams.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,679 | 1:33,185 | 4,396 |
| Australia | 789 | 1:34,215 | 4,509 |
| United States | 636 | 1:569,904 | 46,784 |
| Canada | 328 | 1:112,334 | 11,995 |
| New Zealand | 245 | 1:18,483 | 3,240 |
| Scotland | 223 | 1:24,008 | 2,658 |
| South Africa | 143 | 1:378,865 | 33,977 |
| Wales | 104 | 1:29,755 | 3,038 |
| Northern Ireland | 97 | 1:19,021 | 2,369 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 70 | 1:63,284 | 4,864 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,023 | 1:23,827 | 3,323 |
| Scotland | 51 | 1:73,396 | 4,210 |
| Wales | 20 | 1:78,421 | 3,652 |
| Jersey | 9 | 1:5,765 | 1,004 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 88 | 1:570,667 | 38,849 |
Bellingham (14) may also be a first name.
Bellingham Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Bellingham' a parish in Northumberland, (a) Local, 'of Billingham,' a parish in County Durham, I strongly suspect that some small spot, also called Bellingham, existed or exists in Norfolk, whence some of our Bellinghams and Billinghams. Mr. Lower says there is a family of Bellinghams in Sussex, 'sprung from Belingeham, a manor near Hastings, mentioned in Domesday' (Patr. Brit).
William de Belingham, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Edward Billingham, Norfolk, 1546: History of Norfolk.
Henry Bellingham, Norfolk, c. Henry V: ibid.
1557. Married — Cristofer Bellingham and Elizabeth Scott: St. Antholin (London).
1578. Richard Belingam, Sussex: Register of the University of Oxford.
1580. Henry Belingam, Sussex: ibid.
1621. Grivell Gibbes and Elizabeth Bellingham: Marriage Lic. (London).
1783. Married — Joseph Davis Baker and Martha Billingham: St. George, Hanover Square.
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Billingham,' a parish in County Durham, near Stockton-on-Tees.
1760. Married —William Billingham and Mary Pearce: St. George, Hanover Square.
From the manor of Bellingham in Northumberland. In 1279 it was stated that the family of Bellingham held their manor of Bellingham, from which they derived their name, by service of being foresters "for time beyond memory" of the king of Scotland's ancestors in the forest of Tynedale (Bain, II, p. 52). William de Billingham witnessed a charter of lands in Raynigton to the Abbey of Coldingham in 1275 (Raine, 387). The seal of William de Bellingham is appended to an indenture of 1285 (Seals, Supp. 93). William de Billingham of the county of Berewyke, perhaps the same person, rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, II, p. 206), and Alexander de Belingeham was a Scots prisoner taken in Dunbar Castle, in same year (ibid., p. 177).
(English) belonging to Bellingham = the Home of the Bel(l- Family. [Anglo-Saxon *Bel(l)inga-hám--inga, genit. pl. of the son suff. -ing; hám, home, estate]
This family is prominent in Co. Loutll since the seventeenth century. IF 311*
The pedigree is deduced from Alan de B., of Bellingham, in Northumberland, temp. William the Conqueror. In the XV. and XVI. cent. a younger branch became, widely extended in Sussex, and in that county there existed contemporaneously with it, a distinct family of B., who seem to have borrowed their name from Belingeham, a manor near Hastings, mentioned in Domesday.
Bellingham was the name of a powerful North Tyne family that took its name from the place thus called in that district; the name is now rare or extinct (C.).
Bellingham Demographics
Bellingham Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Bellingham Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bellingham Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bellingham is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bellingham? popularity and diffusion
Bellingham is the 108,070th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,690,846 people. The surname Bellingham is primarily found in Europe, where 49 percent of Bellingham live; 49 percent live in Northern Europe and 49 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 14 people.
Bellingham is most common in England, where it is borne by 1,679 people, or 1 in 33,185. In England Bellingham is most frequent in: West Midlands, where 12 percent reside, Greater London, where 12 percent reside and Kent, where 8 percent reside. Beside England this last name exists in 32 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 15 percent reside.
Bellingham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bellingham has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Bellingham surname expanded 164 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 723 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 437 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 520 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Bellingham Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Presbyterian (51%) in Ireland.
In The United States Bellingham are 5.26% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.03% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Bellingham earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 53.49% more than the national average, earning R 364,752 per year; in United States they earn 15.19% more than the national average, earning $49,703 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.42% more than the national average, earning $54,363 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellingam | 95 | 3 | / |
| Bllingham | 95 | 2 | / |
| Bellinghamm | 95 | 0 | / |
| D'Bellingham | 91 | 1 | / |
| Billingham | 90 | 6,090 | / |
| Wellingham | 90 | 103 | / |
| Bellinghan | 90 | 2 | / |
| Blingham | 89 | 0 | / |
| Bellinghausem | 87 | 1 | / |
| Weellingham | 86 | 0 | / |
| Billinghame | 86 | 0 | / |
| Bellingan | 84 | 1,420 | / |
| Wllingham | 84 | 3 | / |
| Billingam | 84 | 2 | / |
| Bellgam | 82 | 107 | / |
| Blingam | 82 | 4 | / |
| Bellinghausn | 82 | 2 | / |
| Belgham | 82 | 2 | / |
| Willingham | 80 | 19,166 | / |
| Bellinggan | 80 | 17 | / |
| Billinghan | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bellinghausen | 78 | 1,535 | / |
| Billinghamová | 78 | 2 | / |
| Vellngam | 78 | 1 | / |
| Blinghan | 78 | 1 | / |
| Willinngham | 76 | 2 | / |
| Williengham | 76 | 1 | / |
| Willinggham | 76 | 1 | / |
| Willinghham | 76 | 1 | / |
| Belgam | 75 | 175 | / |
| Bellinghausing | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bellinghaissen | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bellengan | 74 | 40 | / |
| Billingan | 74 | 15 | / |
| Vellingan | 74 | 13 | / |
| Bellingon | 74 | 3 | / |
| Willngham | 74 | 3 | / |
| Belgaum | 71 | 155 | / |
| Belngan | 71 | 12 | / |
| Belgame | 71 | 5 | / |
| Belgamh | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vlingam | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vellgam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Billgam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Blingan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Willimgham | 70 | 11 | / |
| Böllinghausen | 70 | 9 | / |
| Willingahm | 70 | 5 | / |
| Bellenggan | 70 | 1 | / |
| Billinghausen | 70 | 1 | / |
| Willengham | 70 | 0 | / |
| Willingheim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Blinggan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Belghoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bliongan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Belgaume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bellinghousing | 67 | 0 | / |
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