Explore the Family Name Belvedere

The meaning of Belvedere

Italian: habitational name from any of numerous places called Belvedere, from bello ‘beautiful’ + vedere ‘to see, to look at’, for example Belvedere Marittimo in Cosenza and Belvedere di Spinello in Catanzaro. In some instances the surname may have arisen from a nickname with the same meaning. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Fiore, Marco, Ottavio.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Belvedere has slightly decreased over a decade. In 2000, it was ranked 49,471 and slipped to 53,204 in 2010, reflecting a change of -7.55%. The count also dropped from 399 in 2000 to 389 in 2010, showing a -2.51% decrease. Furthermore, the proportion per 100k people dipped from 0.15 in 2000 to 0.13 in 2010, marking a decline of -13.33%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#49,471	#53,204	-7.55%
Count	399	389	-2.51%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.13	-13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Belvedere

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname Belvedere identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, though there was a slight reduction from 94.74% to 94.09%. There were no recorded instances of this surname among those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during either year. The percentage of individuals with this surname who identified as Hispanic increased from 4.01% in 2000 to 4.63% in 2010, marking a 15.46% rise. No data on those identifying as two or more races was available for the given years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.74%	94.09%	-0.69%
Hispanic	4.01%	4.63%	15.46%
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%