Bélanger Surname

191,204th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Bélanger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bélanger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada2,1571:17,0822,455
France181:3,690,151224,666
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Belanger (63,911) are calculated separately.

Bélanger Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bélanger occurs in Canada more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Belanger. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bélanger? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 191,204th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 3,305,009 people. Bélanger occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Bélanger are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 92 percent are found in Gallo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in Canada, where it is held by 2,157 people, or 1 in 17,082. In Canada Bélanger is mostly found in: Quebec, where 94 percent are found, Ontario, where 4 percent are found and New Brunswick, where 1 percent are found. Other than Canada this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Bélanger
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis