Belfrage
English
editEtymology
editTwo main origins:
- Scottish habitational surname from an island in the Severn, from Old English befer (“beaver”) + īeġ (“island”).
- Borrowed from Swedish Belfrage.
Proper noun
editBelfrage (plural Belfrages)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Belfrage is the 264570th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 69 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Belfrage”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130.