Belt Family History
Belt Name Meaning
English and North German: metonymic occupational name for a
leather belt or strap maker, from Middle English belt(e),
Middle Low German balt.German: from a short
form of the Germanic personal name Baldher (see Belter).North German: habitational name from a place called Beelte (see
Belter 2).
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Belt
Name Distribution of Belt Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Belt families
 64 - 126  22 - 63 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Belt families
|
77 - 151 26 - 76 |
1 - 25 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Belt families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Belt census records
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Belt Family Origin
Belt Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Belt
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Belt Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Belt census records
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