How Many People Have the Last Name Bell?
people had the surname Bell in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,337 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
−44,153 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Bell (61.1%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 32.4%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Bell ranks #73. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 63.6% to 61.1%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Bell fell from 264,752 people in 2000 to 220,599 in 2010 (down 16.7%), and its rank fell from #67 to #106.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 264,752 | 220,599 |
| Rank | #67 | #106 |
| Per 100,000 people | 98.14 | 74.78 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Bell
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Bell: B400
👤 Bell as a First Name
Bell is a first name too: about 287 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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