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Bellew Name Meaning
English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of
the various places in northern France, such as Belleu (Aisne), named
in Old French with bel ‘beautiful’ + l(i)eu ‘place’, or
from Belleau (Meurthe-et-Moselle), which is named with Old French
bel ‘lovely’ + ewe ‘water’ (Latin aqua), or from
Bellou (Calvados), which is probably named with a Gaulish word meaning
‘watercress’. Compare French Beaulieu.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bellew Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bellew families
 23 - 43  8 - 22 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bellew families
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25 - 48 9 - 24 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bellew families
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bellew Family Origin
Bellew Immigration Information
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Bellew Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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