Belshaw
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Belshaw is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country. Recorded meaning: v. BELCHER.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 81K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 999K
- TNTunisia≈1 in 30K
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 Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 139 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 30K (inferred from the name graph)
≈810 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Tunisia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
v. BELCHER
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Where in the world(measured from records)
Belshaw 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | ≈810 est. | ≈1 in 81K | listed | Belshaw | 129 |
| TN Tunisia | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Belshaw | 1 |
| US United States | 333 | 1 in 999K | 353 | Belshaw | 139 |
| AU Australia | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 164K | — | Belshaw | 65 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Belshaw | 1 |
| CA Canada | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 379K | — | Belshaw | 50 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 261K | — | Belshaw | 13 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; the reaney-english-surnames-1991 register. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Horace Belshawb. 1898NZTeacher, economist, university professor (1898-1962)
- Cyril Belshawb. 1921NZCanadian anthropologist (1921–2018)
- Deryke Belshawb. 1932GBBritish development economist
- James Belshawb. 1990GBEnglish association football player
- Annika Belshawb. 2002USAmerican ski jumper
- Michael BelshawUSPh. D.; breeder of wolves since 1977; for prev. 20 yrs. taught econ. and anthropology at Hunter, Barnard, and Prescott Colleges
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 353 | #54,643 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 336 | #64,041 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 333 | #60,505 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of English Surnames (Reaney & Wilson, 1991) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- What does the name Belshaw mean, and where does it come from?
- v. BELCHER Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- In which country does Belshaw have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 808 people named Belshaw in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled belshaw.
- How common is the name Belshaw?
- In the United States, the national register counted 333 people named Belshaw in 2010, about 1 in 999 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Belshaw?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/belshawThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Belshaw”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.