Bellam is used as a family name or surname in Wales, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bellam
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Wales, England
Meaning:

Variation of Bellamy. The beautiful friend, an epithet often applied ironically.

Family name is variant of the Bellamy. Dr. Giles regardsthis as a corruption of the Norman surname Belesme; but there is abundance of evidence to shew that it is the old or Norman-French belamy, "fair friend," used much in the de preciatory way in which we now employ "good fellow." When William Rufus had scolded his chamberlain for offering him a pair of silk hose that had cost only three shillings, and the official had procured a worsepair for a mark, Robert of Gloucester makes the monarch say- |Gloucester makes the monarch say "Aye bel-amy, quoth the King, these were well bought; |In this manner serve me, other ne serve me not." |Camd. Rem.|The Promptorium defines the word, |"Amicus pulcher, et est Gallicum, et Anglice dicitur, fayre frynde."

How popular is Bellam?

Bellam is common in India, Morocco, Algeria, United States.

Bellam is ranked 50609 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bellam bearers increased by 7.76 per cent in 2010 US census to 125 since 2000, the surname slipped by 675 spots and ranked at 134712. The last name was found in merely 4 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 54.4 29.31
White 40 62.93
Bellam is quite popular family name mostly used in India however Marshall Islands lie ahead in terms of density. Around 10143 people have been found who wears Bellam as their family name. Bellam is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Bellam:
5,726 India8,966
Countries with hundreds of Bellam:
14,399 Morocco409
20,746 Algeria237
107,287 United States227
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
53,499 Canada56
11,975 New Zealand54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
63,675 England38
145,792 Brazil36
76,749 Iran34
20,323 United Arab Emirates30
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
94,851 Papua New Guinea9
30,726 Qatar9
124,818 Australia8

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Bellam worked as farmer and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Charles Crocker and arrived on October 30, 1851. Ellen Bellam (14) Farmer, 9 years old Biddy Bellam, Thomas Bellam (4), are others that migrated to US.

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