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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish, Portuguese, Jewish (Sephardic), and Italian : habitational name from any of numerous places called Belmonte (‘beautiful mountain’), especially one in Portugal and another in Cuenca province, Spain.
  • Belmonte is the name of a Sephardic Jewish family in Germany, who originated in the city of Belmonte in Portugal, spread to Italy, and reached Germany via the Spanish Netherlands before being brought to North America.

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