Belcher is used as a family name or surname in Old French. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Belcher
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Old French
Meaning: Bel-chere meaning good cheer, fine entertainment. A happier name than to be a Belcher, and a swell with pride or passion

How popular is Belcher?

Belcher is common in United States.

Belcher is ranked 12325 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Belcher bearers increased by 1.338247 per cent in 2010 US census to 28321 since 2000, the surname slipped by 94 spots and ranked at 1243. The last name was found in around 96 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.09 82.05
Black 15.12 14.41
Hispanic or Latino 2.15 1.45
Others 1.68 1.3
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.52 0.5
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.44 0.29
Belcher is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 43121 people have been found who wears Belcher as their family name. Belcher is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
275,830 Ukraine8
95,557 Czech Republic6
8,438 China5
9,759 Japan5
720,003 Russia4
1,219,338 India3
50,640 Switzerland2
65,594 Belgium2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
14,521 Portugal2
54,135 Philippines2
34,681 Norway2
18,035 Egypt2
591 Samoa1
15,162 Costa Rica1
810,193 Indonesia1
20,172 Hungary1
25,746 Finland1
880 Djibouti1
24,771 Colombia1
169,904 Brazil1
165,773 Belarus1
7,847 Albania1
2,057 Isle of Man1
49,529 Israel1
7,895 South Korea1
1,179 Swaziland1
77,122 Sweden1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
53,505 Turkey1
118,015 Netherlands1
56,169 Mexico1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
17,575 Kuwait1
153,416 Italy1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
47,615 Spain41
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
318 Guernsey30
11,685 Singapore24
3,873 Thailand24
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,783 Jamaica71
Countries with hundreds of Belcher:
6,281 Canada682
1,129 New Zealand644
10,157 Kenya471
1,252 Wales316
38,477 Germany269
3,168 Scotland203
2,219 Hong Kong107
44,861 Argentina105
Countries with thousands of Belcher:
1,472 England5,383
4,407 South Africa1,479
2,228 Australia1,409
Countries with ten thousands of Belcher:
1,206 United States31,748
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Farmer Isaac Belcher from Great Britain aboard the Arrick from London during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 63 years old when he arrived in USA on March 20, 1849. Tailoress Samuel Belcher, 23 years old Emily-E. Belcher, John Belcher (30) Printer, Elizabeth Belcher, aged 30, Maid Catherine Belcher, 40 years old Thomas Belcher, William Belcher (32) Immigrant, Edward Belcher (30) Carpenter, U-Mr. Belcher (Of unknown age) Immigrant, Of unknown age U Belcher, and 2 other Belcher majority of whom were farmers & and others worked as printer and mechanics migrated to US.

Belcher Namesakes

  • Alan Belcher, Mixed martial artist
  • Diane Meredith Belcher, Concert organist
  • Jonathan Belcher, Politician
  • Angela Belcher, Materials Scientist
  • John Belcher, Politician
  • Jonathan Belcher, Politician
  • Ron Belcher, Musical artist
  • Jonathan Belcher, Politician
  • Jonathan Belcher, Politician
  • Cookie Belcher, Basketball Player
  • Lisa Belcher played critical role of Club Emcee in 2015 adventure, comedy movie My Name Is Tanyusha.

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