Bel Family History
- Bel Name Meaning
- English and French: nickname for a handsome man (perhaps also ironically for an ugly one), from Old French beu, bel ‘fair’, ‘lovely’ (Late Latin bellus). Hungarian (Bél): from the old secular Hungarian name Bél, or alternatively from bél ‘internal part’, probably an occupational name for a servant who worked in the household. Czech (Bel) from Czech bílý ‘white’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 115,759 Historical Documents with Bel on Ancestry
- 71,184 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 8,968 Census and Voter Lists
- 16,791 Military Records
- 3,169 Immigration Records
- 15,647 Member Trees
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Number of Bel families
 5 - 7  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bel families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Bel census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Bel census records
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