Belmont Surname

39,716th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,214 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Seychelles

Belmont Surname Definition:

(French-Latin) belonging to Belmont = the Fair Mount. [French bel, Latin bell-us + French mont, Latin mons, mont-is]

Belmont Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico4,6841:26,5001,809
United States4,1751:86,8179,788
Brazil1,7031:125,7044,767
France1,3071:50,8216,653
England2131:261,58720,867
Argentina1921:222,62218,311
Spain1071:436,93523,071
Peru1051:302,70611,321
Wales1011:30,6393,095
Haiti1001:106,8395,069
Canada951:387,84834,448
Seychelles941:983240
Australia751:359,94330,133
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Russia221:6,551,048261,263
Venezuela221:1,372,91318,810
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
India151:51,137,692512,385
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Colombia51:9,554,81425,159
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
China41:341,830,39216,990
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Belize11:355,4743,977
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Palau11:21,643223
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England511:477,94826,685
Wales131:120,6475,000
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2071:242,60220,235

Belmont (402) may also be a first name.

Belmont Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French-Latin) belonging to Belmont = the Fair Mount. [French bel, Latin bell-us + French mont, Latin mons, mont-is]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(French) One who came from Belmont (fair hill), the name of various lordships in France.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from a place name) A German family that traces its descent to a Portuguese-Dutch Marrano family from Belmonte on the Iberian Peninsula. King Manuel of Portugal gave the name and the city to the family.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

(French.) De Belmont, from the fair mount; the same as Bellamont—De Bello Monte.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

BELLAMONT: (French.) De Bellamont, from the fair or beautiful mount. De Bello Monte.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Belmont Last Name Facts

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

The last name Belmont (Russian: Бельмонт) occurs in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Belmont? popularity and diffusion

The last name Belmont is the 39,716th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 551,502 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Belmont reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 35 percent reside in Hispano-North America. Belmont is also the 430,375th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 402 people.

It is most frequent in Mexico, where it is held by 4,684 people, or 1 in 26,500. In Mexico it is mostly concentrated in: Mexico City, where 59 percent reside, México, where 21 percent reside and Quintana Roo, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Mexico Belmont occurs in 68 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 32 percent reside and Brazil, where 13 percent reside.

Belmont Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Belmont has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Belmont surname grew 2,017 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 418 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 777 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 250 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 40 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Belmont Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Belmont last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Belmont surname are 7.26% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.03% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Belmont earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 1030.26% more than the national average, earning S/. 219,100 per year; in United States they earn 7.88% more than the national average, earning $46,549 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.3% less than the national average, earning $48,042 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Belmont Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Belmont in the Russian language
Бельмонтbelmont-

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