The Belan surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 339 people carried this name — #56,392 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 311 people named Belan.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Belan live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Belan.
- Bekaert 108 · U.S. census
- Beke 217 · U.S. census
- Beker 246 · U.S. census
- Bel 369 · U.S. census
- Belair 1,599 · U.S. census
- Belaire 447 · U.S. census
- Belanger 12,634 · U.S. census
- Belardi 177 · U.S. census
- Belardinelli 147 · U.S. census
- Belay 518 · U.S. census
- Belcastro 1,066 · U.S. census
- Belda 188 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Belan is.
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