Belton Family History
Belton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called
Belton, for example in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and Suffolk. The
first element, bel, is of uncertain origin; the second is Old
English tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.Irish: the
name Weldon, relatively common in Ireland, has sometimes been
Gaelicized as de Bhéalatún and re-Anglicized as
Veldon and Belton.
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Name Distribution of Belton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Belton families
 74 - 146  25 - 73 |
 1 - 24  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Belton families
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131 - 259 44 - 130 |
1 - 43 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Belton families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Belton Family Origin
Belton Immigration Information
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Belton Family Occupations
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