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Bellew

in the US

There are 2,201 people with the last name "Bellew" in the United States.

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Bellew 11,292
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  1. is 11,288th most common Reding
  2. is 11,289th most common Simonton
  3. is 11,290th most common Vallee
  4. is 11,291st most common Willems
  5. is 11,292nd most common Bellew
  6. is 11,293rd most common Buhl
  7. is 11,294th most common Cosper
  8. is 11,295th most common Glowacki
  9. is 11,296th most common Manna

Similar Names and Nicknames

Bell, Ball, Bellamy, Bello, Beal, Bull, Bellinger, Belle, Bill, Beall

Most Common First Names for Bellew

James, Michael, John, Robert, William, Mary, Richard, Brian, David, Thomas

Meaning & History

English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of the various places in northern France, such as Belleu (Aisne), named in Old French with bel ‘beautiful’ + l(i)eu ‘place’, or from Belleau (Meurthe-et-Moselle), which is named with Old French bel ‘lovely’ + ewe ‘water’ (Latin aqua), or from Bellou (Calvados), which is probably named with a Gaulish word meaning ‘watercress’. Compare French Beaulieu.

FOREBEARS In 1651 a Major William Bellew was granted 406 acres of land in Henrico Co., VA. In 1652 Lieut. Col. Bellew (possibly the same man), with another, was granted 1050 acres in James City Co. An Irish family of this name trace their descent from an early settler, Adam de Bella Aqua, who was living in 1210. They have given their name to Bellewstown in County Louth and Mountbellew in County Galway.

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