Explore the Family Name Belak

The meaning of Belak

Slovak (Belák, rarely Beľák), Czech (Bělák, Belák), Slovenian, and Croatian: nickname for a fair-haired or pale-skinned man, derived from (a dialect form of) Slovak biely, Czech bílý, Slovenian bel, Croatian bijel ‘white, light, fair’. It is (or was) also used of animals, e.g. in Slovak for a white horse. The Sorbian cognate, Bělak, is apparently found in Germanized and Americanized forms, only (see Bellach, Bellack, and Bellock).

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How common is the last name Belak in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Belak has seen a slight decrease from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Belak ranked as the 61,058th most popular surname in the United States, with 308 individuals carrying this name. By 2010, it dropped to the 64,721st rank, and the count of people with this surname slightly decreased to 307. The proportion per 100,000 people also reduced by 9.09 percent over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#61,058	#64,721	-6%
Count	308	307	-0.32%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Belak

In terms of ethnicity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals with the surname Belak identify as White, accounting for 96.42 percent in 2010, down from 97.40 percent in 2000. There was no recorded change in the number of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, Two or more races, or American Indian and Alaskan Native between 2000 and 2010. Interestingly, there was a small emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic under this surname in 2010, which was not present in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.4%	96.42%	-1.01%
Hispanic	0%	1.63%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%