Belian

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 9 countries

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

Belian is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • UYUruguay≈1 in 808K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 906K
  • DEGermany≈1 in 947K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (inferred from the name graph)

≈97 people, est.

Record sources
79 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 808K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

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

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Belian 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 Belian is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States≈97 est.≈1 in 3.4M5Belian79
DE Germany≈85 est.≈1 in 947K—Belian33
BR Brazil401 in 5.3M40——
MY Malaysia≈36 est.≈1 in 906K—Belian7
AR Argentina≈17 est.≈1 in 2.7M2——
SY Syria≈10 est.≈1 in 2M—Belian3
IE Ireland≈5 est.≈1 in 999K—Belian1
UY Uruguay≈4 est.≈1 in 808K1——

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: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); Montevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012). 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)

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

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, United States, Uruguay

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Belián, Bélian

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Bélian, Belián

  • Ukrainian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Белиан

28 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)

Belian 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 Indonesian, purchase, property, possession, acquisition: That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In iba, perform a rite of Shamanistic curing or exorcism (_pelian_)

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In zlm, shaman; sorceror or sorceress; touch with the spirit-world

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In Malay, shaman; sorcerer

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In iba, diamond:

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In zlm, shaman

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

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)

14 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Belian
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—40#122,472
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

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 Belian?
A machine transcription gives /bɛliən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Belian have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 97 people named Belian in the United States, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled belian.
How common is the name Belian?
In Brazil, the national register counted 40 people named Belian, about 1 in 5.3 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, “Belian”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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