The Beltran surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 49,776 people carried this name — #692 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,930 people counted. That is up 43% from 34,736 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Beltran surname
An anglicization of Spanish Beltrán.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Beltran» (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 15,705 people named Beltran 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 870 people named Beltran.
382 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Aude.
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
129 people named Beltran live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
48 people named Beltran 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
Beltran in American newspapers,
1897–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,484 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Beltran,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alma Beltran 1919–2007 · stage actor -
Crispin Beltran 1933–2008 · politician -
Clive Beltran 1949– · teacher -
Robert Beltran 1953– · actor -
Lloll Bertran 1957– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 53 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Beltran.
- Belrose 403 · U.S. census
- Belton 9,041 · U.S. census
- Beltrame 337 · U.S. census
- Beltrami 433 · U.S. census
- Beltramini 117 · U.S. census
- Beltramo 307 · U.S. census
- Beltz 4,603 · U.S. census
- Belus 201 · U.S. census
- Belval 273 · U.S. census
- Belville 902 · U.S. census
- Belviso 130 · U.S. census
- Belz 1,894 · U.S. census
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