Belay is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Belay
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, Scotland, England
Meaning:

A variation of the Bell. This common surname is doubtless le Bel, Old French for fine, handsome; and in this form it is found in the Hundred Rolls The chief habitation of the Bells has long been on the Scottish border. In a MS. of 1590, relating to the defences of that district, we find in Cumberland, under Bridekirk, this entry: About them is a great surname of Bells and Carlisles, who have been long in feud with the Irwyns." Again: "In Gilsland is no great surname: the Belles is the most." Archæolog. XXII.

A variant form of the LaBelle. The handsome man.

Belay is the variant of Bell. Dweller at the sign of the bell; the handsome one; descendant of Bel, a pet form of Isabel meaning "oath to Baal".

How popular is Belay?

Belay is common in Ethiopia, United States, United Arab Emirates, Russia, France, Kuwait, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Philippines, Argentina.

Belay is ranked 1837 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Belays grew by 72.2 per cent to 892 since 2000 and ranked 27144 after elevating 12741 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 87 72.01
White 9.98 16.6
Others 1.57 8.49
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.12 0
Belay is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Ethiopia which signifies that it is originated from Ethiopia. Around 298334 people have been found who wears Belay as their family name. Belay is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Belay:
40 Ethiopia293,626
Countries with thousands of Belay:
30,662 United States1,064
Countries with hundreds of Belay:
1,387 United Arab Emirates827
27,801 Russia543
27,071 France382
1,974 Kuwait260
42,627 Indonesia252
29,524 Saudi Arabia159
26,302 Canada131
77,188 Philippines125
26,875 Argentina125
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,427 Sweden96
37,483 England87
70,216 Ukraine74
17,690 Slovakia58
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
96,430 Germany49
2,614 Sudan49
29,407 Kazakhstan48
149 Eritrea36
45,498 Spain32
57,058 Australia28
188,781 Brazil25
56,027 Netherlands24
24,793 Norway23
20,367 New Zealand23
52,868 Czechia21
143,632 South Africa11
78,166 Belgium11
65,346 Belarus11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
2,599 Iceland10
17,374 Mauritania9
25,208 Liberia8
20,155 Taiwan7
150,293 Malaysia7
55,922 Qatar6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Jean Belay was 27 years old when he migrated to New York on January 2, 1867. He lived in France where he worked as farmer and took Joseph Hayden from Havre. Leon Belay, aged 20, Butcher Louis Belay, Louise Belay (19) Farmer, Farmer U Belay, Onesime Belay (43) Farmer, are others that migrated to US.

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