Belaja

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/bɛlaɪə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Belaja is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ukraine than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BYBelarus≈1 in 2.2Kas Белая(inferred from the name graph)
  • UAUkraine≈1 in 4Kas Біла
  • RURussia≈1 in 14Kas Белая

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Belaja itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Ukraine (inferred from the name graph)

≈11,000 named Біла, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
148 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Belarus, est., as Белая

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

БелаяCyrillic(measured from records)
BilaLatin(measured from records)

5 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Белая in RU Russia, BY Belarus, TW Taiwan, Біла in UA Ukraine, Bila in CZ Czechia and Belaya in LV Latvia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Belaja counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Belaja is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
UA Ukraine#274≈11,000 est.≈1 in 4K—Біла36
RU Russia—≈10,000 est.≈1 in 14K—Белая148
BY Belarus#155≈4,300 est.≈1 in 2.2K—Белая20
CZ Czechia—2,155as Bílá1 in 5K2.2KBila47
TW Taiwan—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 12K—Белая1
MD Moldova#446≈450 est.≈1 in 7.5K—Belaja4
LV Latvia—≈200 est.≈1 in 9.5K—Belaya3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Belaja is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Estonian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia

    Also written Belaya, Beļaja

  • Latvian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia

    Also written Belaya, Beļaja

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, United States, Hungary

    Also written Belaya

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Belaja is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, upe Krievijā (gk. Baškortostānas Republikā, baškīru val. Agizela), Kamas kreisā krasta pieteka, garums - 1430 km, sākas Dienvidurālos pie lielā Iremela kalna

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, upe Krievijā, Voroņežas apgabalā, lejtece Ukrainā (Bila), Ajdaras kreisā krasta pieteka

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, upe Krievijā, Altaja novada dienvidu daļā, Obas pietekas Čarišas kreisā krasta pieteka

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, upe Kreivijā, Arhangeļskas apgabalā, viena no Piņegas satekupēm, garums - 44 km

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, upe Krievijā, Čukotkas autonomajā apgabalā, Anadiras kreisā krasta pieteka

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, virsotne Krievijā, Hakasijas Republikas ziemeļrietumos, augstums - 1263 m

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Belaja
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—1#274,068

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Belaja?
A machine transcription gives /bɛlaɪə/ (IPA) for Russian.
In which country does Belaja have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Біла in Ukraine, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Belaja?
In Czechia, the national register counted 2,155 people named Bílá, about 1 in 5.0 thousand residents.
How common is Belaja compared with other names?
In Ukraine, Belaja is the 274th most common surname of 1,177,784 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Belaja” — the 274th most common surname in Ukraine. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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