The Beels surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 184 people carried this name — #98,553 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 5% from 194 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 88 people named Beels live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Beels.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Beels,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Leonard Beels 1674–1756 · preacher -
Leonard Beels 1765–1793 · lawyer -
Marten Adriaan Beels 1728–1789
-
Marten Adriaan Beels 1790–1859 · land owner
-
Marten Adriaan Beels 1790–1859 · land owner
-
Leonard Marius Beels 1825–1882 · official
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Beels.
- Bednarz 2,462 · U.S. census
- Bedo 199 · U.S. census
- Bedon 215 · U.S. census
- Bedoni 175 · U.S. census
- Bedrossian 467 · U.S. census
- Bee 4,480 · U.S. census
- Beenen 115 · U.S. census
- Beer 5,931 · U.S. census
- Beerens 129 · U.S. census
- Befort 545 · U.S. census
- Begay 17,553 · U.S. census
- Begel 105 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Beels is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.