The Bellavia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 785 people carried this name — #29,918 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 766 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bellavia surname
From bella (“beautiful”) + via (“road, street, way”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bellavia» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 139 people named Bellavia 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 Liège.
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 103 people named Bellavia.
Most of them — 55 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Isère.
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 62 people named Bellavia 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 Santa Fe.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bellavia.
- Bellanca 637 · U.S. census
- Belland 822 · U.S. census
- Bellandi 101 · U.S. census
- Bellanger 1,090 · U.S. census
- Bellard 2,966 · U.S. census
- Bellas 890 · U.S. census
- Bellay 139 · U.S. census
- Belle 4,246 · U.S. census
- Belleau 637 · U.S. census
- Bellefontaine 139 · U.S. census
- Bellegarde 344 · U.S. census
- Bellemare 557 · U.S. census
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