The Belles surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,808 people carried this name — #15,005 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 149,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 99 people named Belles.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Hérault.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Belles.
- Bellegarde 258 · U.S. census
- Bellemare 527 · U.S. census
- Bellen 241 · U.S. census
- Bellenger 222 · U.S. census
- Beller 3,978 · U.S. census
- Bellerose 600 · U.S. census
- Bellet 237 · U.S. census
- Belleville 1,014 · U.S. census
- Bellevue 440 · U.S. census
- Belley 139 · U.S. census
- Belli 1,728 · U.S. census
- Bellia 333 · U.S. census
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