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belo Name Meaning and History

Portuguese: nickname for a handsome man (perhaps in some instances ironically for an ugly one), from belo ‘handsome’. Compare Spanish Bello.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The belo name in History

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

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Distribution of belo Families in the US in 1920
Number of belo families
 5-8
 2-4
 1
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 12 - Messages: 20
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belo surname caugle 2
belya and batta surnames caugle1 0
belya and batta surnames caugle1 0
Alfred Horatio Belo obit, 1901 LYNN 0
ALFRED BELO gailf62 0
Robert W. Belo & Mattie Williams Belo Ridalong66 0
OBIT-Grace M. BELO Janetlrk 0
Belo ancestors bq316 6
George Belo m. Nancy Wood cardinalli 0
John Herschel Belo m. Anna May Roberts cardinalli 0
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