The Belle surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,742 people carried this name — #8,155 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,297 people named Belle.
55 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 83 départements, most often Drôme.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 142 people named Belle 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 Namur.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
69 people named Belle live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 Belle.
- Bellandi 106 · U.S. census
- Bellanger 954 · U.S. census
- Bellard 2,645 · U.S. census
- Bellas 895 · U.S. census
- Bellavia 766 · U.S. census
- Bellay 137 · U.S. census
- Belleau 628 · U.S. census
- Bellefontaine 139 · U.S. census
- Bellegarde 258 · U.S. census
- Bellemare 527 · U.S. census
- Bellen 241 · U.S. census
- Bellenger 222 · U.S. census
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