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The Belmont surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,363 people carried this name — #9,648 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 87,700 people counted. That is up 14% from 2,944 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Belmont surname

From either French bel (“beautiful”) + mont (“mountain, mount”), or else Italian bel (a clipped form of bello (“beautiful”) + monte (“mountain”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Belmont» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 476 people named Belmont.

15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 départements, most often Isère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 15
Isère 95
Paris 39
Haute-Loire 35
Cantal 34
Eure 32
Rhône 25
Ain 19
Guadeloupe 15

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 131 people named Belmont 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 Salta.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Salta 46
Corrientes 31
Buenos Aires Province 26
Catamarca 16
City of Buenos Aires 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Belmont in American newspapers,
1884–1907.

Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Belmont
The Anaconda Standard 1895-12-27
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Belmont
The Salt Lake Herald 1907-05-19
Newspaper page from Rocky Mountain Husbandman carrying the name Belmont
Rocky Mountain Husbandman 1884-06-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 536,060 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Belmont,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Diana Belmont
    Diana Belmont d. 1999 · actor
  • Sophie Belmont
    Sophie Belmont 1781–1844 · actor
  • August Belmont
    August Belmont 1813–1890 · politician
  • Pierre-Marie Belmont
    Pierre-Marie Belmont 1838–1921 · Catholic priest
  • Perry Belmont
    Perry Belmont 1851–1947 · politician
  • Johann Walter Rudolf Belmont 1747–1815 · Landvogt

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Belmont.

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