Bellavia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Bellavia.

Proper noun

Bellavia (plural Bellavias)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bellavia is the 29918^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 785 individuals. Bellavia is most common among White (94.01%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bellavia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 131.

Italian

Etymology

From bella (“beautiful”) +‎ via (“road, street, way”).

Proper noun

Bellavia m or f by sense

1. a surname