Bellwald Surname

623,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 492 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Bellwald Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bellwald Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland4671:17,5872,890
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Bellwald Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bellwald occurs more in Switzerland more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bellwald? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bellwald is the 623,516th most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,812,085 people. Bellwald occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Bellwald live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Bellwald is most widespread in Switzerland, where it is carried by 467 people, or 1 in 17,587. In Switzerland it is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Valais, where 60 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 9 percent are found and Canton of Bern, where 8 percent are found. Not including Switzerland this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 2 percent are found and Italy, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bellvald882/
Belwal863,204/
Belwale8011/
Billwal801/
Beelwal801/
Bellvale750/
Belbal711,238/
Bilwal71225/
Velwal7112/
Belual7111/
Bhlwal711/
Vehelwald711/
Bilwail678/
Bhilwal675/
Wilwald675/
Billual671/
Billvall633/
Billbaal631/
Wellbold631/
Willwoldt5937/
Bilual57216/
Bilbal5757/
Belbol5749/
Velbal573/
Belboul53718/
Belbeil532/

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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 Bellwald
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