The Bella surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,999 people carried this name — #10,668 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 98,000 people counted. That is up 37% from 2,190 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,099 people named Bella 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
192 people named Bella have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 235 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
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 167 people named Bella.
Most of them — 102 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
90 people named Bella live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 33 people named Bella 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 Hainaut.
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 the Nordic population registers
22 people named Bella 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).
In print
Bella in American newspapers,
1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Bella,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ján Levoslav Bella 1843–1936 · composer -
Ján Levoslav Bella 1843–1936 · composer
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Lajos Bella 1850–1937 · archaeologist -
Théodore Bella d. 2004 · businessperson
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Gabriele Bella 1730–1799 · painter
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Auguste Bella 1777–1856 · agronomist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bella.
- Belfort 293 · U.S. census
- Beliard 142 · U.S. census
- Belin 2,398 · U.S. census
- Belis 251 · U.S. census
- Belizaire 1,824 · U.S. census
- Bell 220,599 · U.S. census
- Bellagamba 166 · U.S. census
- Bellair 178 · U.S. census
- Bellaire 417 · U.S. census
- Bellamy 17,167 · U.S. census
- Bellan 393 · U.S. census
- Bellanca 637 · U.S. census
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