The Bellini surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,038 people carried this name — #24,201 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,042).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bellini surname
The cocktail is named after Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Bellini.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bellini» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,870 people named Bellini 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 624 people named Bellini.
202 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Corsica.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
353 people named Bellini live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 49 people named Bellini 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
77 people named Bellini 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
Bellini in American newspapers,
1858–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,033 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bellini,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacopo Bellini 1400–1470 · painter -
Gentile Bellini 1429–1507 · painter -
Giovanni Bellini 1430–1516 · architect -
Lorenzo Bellini 1643–1704 · physician -
Vincenzo Bellini 1708–1783 · numismatist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 192 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bellini.
- Bellia 301 · U.S. census
- Belliard 607 · U.S. census
- Bellido 514 · U.S. census
- Bellin 943 · U.S. census
- Bellina 540 · U.S. census
- Bellinger 5,825 · U.S. census
- Bellino 2,250 · U.S. census
- Bellis 2,628 · U.S. census
- Bellmann 131 · U.S. census
- Bello 16,915 · U.S. census
- Belloc 121 · U.S. census
- Bellomo 1,091 · U.S. census
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