Bello Surname
Approximately 1,354,415 people bear this surname
Bello Surname Definition:
Adjective from the latin "bellus" - beautiful.
Found in Galicia, Orense, and Leon. Names of villages near Oviedo and Teruel. Derived from latin "bellus" - beautiful, perfect.
Galician name found throughout the Peninsula.
Read More About This SurnameBello Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 993,587 | 1:178 | 16 |
| Mexico | 52,442 | 1:2,367 | 344 |
| Venezuela | 42,546 | 1:710 | 141 |
| Colombia | 31,466 | 1:1,518 | 301 |
| Cameroon | 28,704 | 1:724 | 47 |
| Philippines | 26,459 | 1:3,826 | 287 |
| United States | 16,890 | 1:21,460 | 2,711 |
| Niger | 14,881 | 1:1,290 | 170 |
| Spain | 14,380 | 1:3,251 | 387 |
| Cuba | 13,471 | 1:855 | 144 |
| Dominican Republic | 13,404 | 1:778 | 143 |
| Italy | 11,198 | 1:5,461 | 655 |
| Brazil | 9,744 | 1:21,970 | 1,028 |
| Chad | 8,088 | 1:1,681 | 316 |
| Benin | 7,959 | 1:1,299 | 160 |
| Chile | 7,811 | 1:2,255 | 401 |
| Argentina | 7,667 | 1:5,575 | 598 |
| Sudan | 7,280 | 1:5,152 | 743 |
| Ghana | 6,373 | 1:4,240 | 607 |
| Malawi | 5,594 | 1:3,060 | 384 |
| Togo | 5,040 | 1:1,438 | 143 |
| Nicaragua | 4,290 | 1:1,404 | 265 |
| Peru | 3,642 | 1:8,727 | 1,275 |
| England | 2,475 | 1:22,512 | 3,147 |
| France | 2,042 | 1:32,528 | 3,945 |
| Ecuador | 2,020 | 1:7,874 | 1,274 |
| Mali | 1,678 | 1:10,113 | 515 |
| Uruguay | 1,318 | 1:2,604 | 305 |
| Portugal | 1,019 | 1:10,224 | 874 |
| Egypt | 915 | 1:100,476 | 8,511 |
| Albania | 741 | 1:3,933 | 717 |
| Canada | 723 | 1:50,962 | 6,157 |
| Bolivia | 717 | 1:14,807 | 1,407 |
| Costa Rica | 637 | 1:7,504 | 452 |
| Panama | 607 | 1:6,445 | 696 |
| Gabon | 505 | 1:3,741 | 657 |
| Ivory Coast | 402 | 1:57,391 | 3,414 |
| Switzerland | 381 | 1:21,556 | 3,436 |
| Paraguay | 379 | 1:19,094 | 791 |
| Burkina Faso | 301 | 1:60,970 | 2,481 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Netherlands | 246 | 1:68,647 | 11,709 |
| United Arab Emirates | 245 | 1:37,397 | 3,942 |
| Tanzania | 224 | 1:236,346 | 19,344 |
| Iran | 218 | 1:352,213 | 23,514 |
| Puerto Rico | 200 | 1:17,751 | 673 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Germany | 196 | 1:410,742 | 37,603 |
| Australia | 195 | 1:138,439 | 14,922 |
| Congo | 191 | 1:26,121 | 2,814 |
| Belgium | 144 | 1:79,838 | 12,578 |
| Russia | 143 | 1:1,007,854 | 77,587 |
| Ireland | 137 | 1:34,372 | 2,882 |
| South Africa | 137 | 1:395,458 | 35,012 |
| Greece | 120 | 1:92,332 | 15,587 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| Singapore | 86 | 1:64,043 | 2,603 |
| Guatemala | 83 | 1:193,767 | 3,770 |
| Thailand | 81 | 1:872,078 | 137,928 |
| Zimbabwe | 77 | 1:200,497 | 23,224 |
| El Salvador | 71 | 1:89,351 | 1,570 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| Liberia | 60 | 1:73,476 | 6,204 |
| Jordan | 58 | 1:152,456 | 8,483 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 53 | 1:25,735 | 2,796 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Sweden | 45 | 1:218,817 | 15,158 |
| Taiwan | 43 | 1:545,227 | 4,074 |
| Scotland | 42 | 1:127,472 | 7,985 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Cyprus | 38 | 1:23,286 | 2,691 |
| Aruba | 37 | 1:2,797 | 396 |
| Namibia | 37 | 1:65,119 | 7,152 |
| Senegal | 37 | 1:394,036 | 1,909 |
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| Wales | 34 | 1:91,016 | 7,411 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Malaysia | 30 | 1:983,141 | 44,226 |
| Guam | 29 | 1:5,521 | 755 |
| Poland | 26 | 1:1,461,875 | 85,446 |
| Gambia | 25 | 1:76,938 | 264 |
| China | 23 | 1:59,448,764 | 3,236 |
| Croatia | 20 | 1:211,430 | 24,636 |
| Northern Ireland | 18 | 1:102,502 | 6,334 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Palestine | 16 | 1:284,303 | 10,570 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Slovakia | 13 | 1:410,496 | 52,415 |
| Syria | 13 | 1:1,484,694 | 8,122 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Tunisia | 10 | 1:61,063 | 7,682 |
| Turkey | 10 | 1:7,782,142 | 126,629 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Honduras | 9 | 1:979,605 | 4,574 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Swaziland | 9 | 1:144,244 | 719 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 1:996,986 | 34,534 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Guinea | 5 | 1:2,366,763 | 1,841 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 44 | 1:1,141,334 | 65,198 |
The alternate forms: Bellò (80), Belló (40), Béllo (3) & Bèllo (1) are calculated separately.
Bello (614,563) may also be a first name.
Bello Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Adjective from the latin "bellus" - beautiful.
Found in Galicia, Orense, and Leon. Names of villages near Oviedo and Teruel. Derived from latin "bellus" - beautiful, perfect.
Galician name found throughout the Peninsula.
User-submitted Reference
Belló and Bellós, with an accent on the o, are Catalan surnames coming from the Latin surname, Belinus. They should be pronounced Beyó and Beyós.
- a1956Bello Demographics
Average Bello Salary in
United States
$42,149 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bello Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bello Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bello (Arabic: بللو, Hindi: बेल्लो, Marathi: बेलो, Russian: Белло) is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms: Bellò, Belló, Béllo or Bèllo. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bello? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 375th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,381 people. The last name Bello is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Bello live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,610th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 614,563 people.
The surname Bello is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 993,587 people, or 1 in 178. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Sokoto, where 14 percent live, Kebbi, where 12 percent live and Zamfara, where 7 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Bello occurs in 163 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 4 percent live and Venezuela, where 3 percent live.
Bello Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bello has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bello surname increased 38,386 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 35,357 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bello Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Muslim (85%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Bello surname are 1.37% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.6% being registered with the political party.
The amount Bello earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 3.89% less than the national average, earning €28,861 per year; in Peru they earn 15.94% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,475 per year; in South Africa they earn 4.27% more than the national average, earning R 247,788 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.51% more than the national average, earning $23,727,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.32% less than the national average, earning $42,149 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.95% more than the national average, earning $54,624 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bello Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bello in the Marathi language | ||
| बेलो | belo | - |
| Bello in the Hindi language | ||
| बेल्लो | bello | 50 |
| बिल्लो | billo | 50 |
| Bello in the Russian language | ||
| Белло | bello | - |
| Bello in the Arabic language | ||
| بللو | bllw | - |
| بيللو | byllw | - |
| بيليو | bylyw | - |
| بيلو | bylw | - |
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