The belen Surname

belen Name Meaning and History

Spanish (Belén): from the personal name derived from the Biblical place name Bethlehem, birthplace of Jesus Christ.
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Spanish name.

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The belen name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the belen family name as far back in history as possible.

belen Family Facts

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Distribution of belen Families in the US in 1920

Number of belen families

9-15

4-8

1-3

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family	dennisjbelen	0
Any Belen''s out there?	Elmer-Ian C. Belen	21
BELEN FROM PR	SAVLOUR	0
Belen, Tomas Dion & Pimentel, Juana Deleon Descendants of Burgos, Ilocos Sur	majab63	0
BELEN D. HOGAN	JOHNHOGAN18	0
Searching for Benjamin Belen!!	Helen	0
KNOW SOME BELEN IN U.S	brendavazquez24	0
Baez-Belen	Rickey Baez	0

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