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The Belz family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Canada between 1840 and 1920. The most Belz families were found in USA in 1920. In 1840 there were 5 Belz families living in Pennsylvania. This was 100% of all the recorded Belz's in USA. Pennsylvania had the highest population of Belz families in 1840.
Belz is the 44,764 th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 627,858 people. Belz is mostly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Belz are found; 64 percent are found in Western Europe and 56 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Belz is also the 1,662,754 th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 38 people.
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The name has long been recorded in England as Palser, Pelser, Pelzer, Pallsher, Palsoe and is probably of Huguenot origins. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Thomas Palsar (as spelt), which was dated July 18th 1628, a witness at St. Katherines by the Wardrobe, London, during the reign of King Charles 1, known ...
Belz Name Meaning Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair).
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East German: nickname of Slavic origin from Old Slavic bělъ ‘white bright fair’ referring to the color of the named person's hair or complexion. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
According to the data, Belz is ranked #15,464 in terms of the most common surnames in America. The Belz surname appeared 1,894 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0.64 would have the surname Belz. We can also compare 2010 data for Belz to data from the previous census in 2000.
