How common is the last name Bell?

267,025 people in the United States have the last name Bell, about 1 in 1,119. It ranks #76 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BELL

#76

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
267,025
About
1 in 1,119
This common or more
14.8%
Who bears it

Of the 267,025 people with the last name Bell, 58.9% reported their origin as White, 31.4% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Bell

#74 Ramos · 268,640#75 Reed · 268,584#77 Peterson · 265,150#78 Doe · 262,774

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bell, most common first.

#1,794 Beal · 19,542#1,971 Bello · 17,887#4,028 Beall · 8,550#6,434 Beil · 5,080#8,102 Belle · 3,918#12,598 Bella · 2,341#17,493 Belli · 1,578#18,984 Behl · 1,432

Also a first name

As a first name, Bell ranks #11,725 of 53,615, with 1,082 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1900, with 63 births. See Bell as a first name

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