Belela

surname · Latin script

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

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

rarermore common
  • UYUruguay1 in 117K(measured from records)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 2.8M
  • ARArgentina1 in 4.1M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

34 people

Sources
32 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 117K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

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

Where in the world(measured from records)

Belela 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 Belela is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil341 in 6.2M34——
UY Uruguay291 in 117K29——
AR Argentina111 in 4.1M11——
CH Switzerland31 in 2.8M3——
FR France———Belela32
CD Congo - Kinshasa———Belela2

34 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Belela is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt

    Also written Bêlêla

  • Amharic name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia

    Also written በለላ, በሌላ

16 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Belela
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—34#136,957
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—29—
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—11—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20243#154,370

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

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Belela have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 34 people named Belela, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Belela most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Belela is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 117 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Belela?
In Brazil, the national register counted 34 people named Belela, about 1 in 6.2 million residents.

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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, “Belela”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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