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 most in Switzerland. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bellwald? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 623,516th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,812,085 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Bellwald reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Bellwald is most common in Switzerland, where it is held by 467 people, or 1 in 17,587. In Switzerland Bellwald is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Valais, where 60 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 9 percent live and Canton of Bern, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Switzerland this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 2 percent live and Italy, where 1 percent live.

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
  • 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 Bellwald
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