The Belec surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 224 people carried this name — #83,834 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 20% from 187 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
269 people named Belec have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 291 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 85 people named Belec.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Finistère.
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Belec live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
22 people named Belec is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Belec,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marjan Belec 1918–2001 · painter -
Marjan Belec 1918–2001 · painter
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Marjan Belec 1918–2001 · painter
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Marjan Belec 1918–2001 · painter
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Ivan Belec 1856–1889 · Catholic priest
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Ivo Belec 1928–2023 · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Belec.
- Belardinelli 139 · U.S. census
- Belay 892 · U.S. census
- Belcastro 1,092 · U.S. census
- Belda 177 · U.S. census
- Beldon 293 · U.S. census
- Bele 122 · U.S. census
- Belen 1,372 · U.S. census
- Beley 273 · U.S. census
- Belfiore 1,354 · U.S. census
- Belfort 293 · U.S. census
- Beliard 142 · U.S. census
- Belin 2,398 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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