Beaton is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Beaton
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

Beaton is variant of Beadon. Probably local; and of considerable antiquity in county of Devon, as Beaudin, Beadyn, etc.

Descendant of little Bate, a pet form of Bartholomew, son of Talmai, furrow, or of Bete or Beat, pet forms of Beatrice and Beatrix meaning "she who blesses".

Lastname Beaton is a variation of the MacBeth. Descendant of Macbeatha meaning "son of life, a religious person," a personal name.

This great Scottish name is a corruption of Bethune. On the occasion of the marriage between James II of Scotland and Mary of Gueldres in 1448, a member of the distinguished family of Bethune, coming into Scotland in the train of the princess, was solicited by James to remain at the Scottish court, where he married the heiress of the great house of Balfour. His name was corrupted by the Scots to Bethun, Beton, and Beaton. See L'Histoire Genealogique de la Maison de Bethune, par André du Chesne.
Paris, 1639.

The lastname is form of Betton. The ancestor of this family, Walter de Betton, had a freehold estate at Betton-Strange, near Shrewsbury, temp. Edward I. The head of the house changed his name to Bright not many years since.

How popular is Beaton?

Beaton is common in United States, Canada, Australia, Scotland, England, Malawi, South Africa, Guyana, New Zealand, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Wales.

Beaton is ranked 22371 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Beaton bearers increased by 4.77 per cent in 2010 US census to 4462 since 2000, the surname slipped by 246 spots and ranked at 7468. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 79.11 82.81
Black 12.55 11.32
Hispanic or Latino 5.98 3.92
Others 1.46 1.48
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.58 0.28
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.31 0.19
Beaton is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Guyana lie ahead in terms of density. Around 24298 people have been found who wears Beaton as their family name. Beaton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Beaton:
7,358 United States5,773
961 Canada5,611
1,091 Australia3,651
340 Scotland2,886
3,193 England2,437
Countries with hundreds of Beaton:
3,006 Malawi889
9,792 South Africa685
288 Guyana471
1,811 New Zealand434
1,468 Cuba430
11,011 Zimbabwe207
1,827 Wales184
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,063 Dominican Republic85
2,475 Jamaica79
108,100 Philippines63
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,341 Northern Ireland35
1,333 Belize34
4,028 Suriname32
48,608 Spain28
7,886 Ireland25
843 Jersey24
204,848 France22
16,789 Iraq21
315,217 Thailand20
220,519 Brazil20
26,891 Qatar12
95,442 Malaysia12
27,512 United Arab Emirates11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
58,198 Switzerland9
266,530 Germany9
1,494 Saint Lucia9
47,258 Norway8
116,183 Sweden6
10,051 Panama6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Margt. Beaton was 16 years old when she migrated to New-York during Irish famine on May 13, 1850. She lived in Ireland where she worked as dressmaker and took Atalanta from Liverpool. Dressmaker Mary Beaton, are others that migrated to US.

Beaton Namesakes

  • James Beaton, Scottish church leader
  • Alistair Beaton, Scottish left-wing political satirist, journalist
  • Alex Beaton, Scottish
  • David Beaton, was Archbishop of St Andrews and the last Scottish Cardinal prior to the Reformation
  • Cecil Beaton, English fashion, portrait and war photographer
  • Norman Beaton, Guyanese actor long resident in the United Kingdom
  • Steve Beaton, professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation
  • Jim Beaton, retired British police officer
  • Mary Beaton, Scottish noblewoman and an attendant of Mary
  • Jack Beaton, Australian rugby league player
  • Frank Beaton, retired professional ice hockey player
  • Bobby Beaton, Atlantic Canadian hockey player
  • Joe Beaton, professional ice hockey centre
  • Donald Angus Beaton, Canadian blacksmith and a Cape Breton-style fiddler
  • Kinnon Beaton, Canadian musician from Mabou, Nova Scotia

Beaton Namesakes

  • James Beaton, Scottish church leader
  • Alistair Beaton, Scottish left-wing political satirist, journalist
  • Alex Beaton, Scottish
  • David Beaton, was Archbishop of St Andrews and the last Scottish Cardinal prior to the Reformation
  • Cecil Beaton, English fashion, portrait and war photographer
  • Norman Beaton, Guyanese actor long resident in the United Kingdom
  • Steve Beaton, professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation
  • Jim Beaton, retired British police officer
  • Mary Beaton, Scottish noblewoman and an attendant of Mary
  • Jack Beaton, Australian rugby league player
  • Frank Beaton, retired professional ice hockey player
  • Bobby Beaton, Atlantic Canadian hockey player
  • Joe Beaton, professional ice hockey centre
  • Donald Angus Beaton, Canadian blacksmith and a Cape Breton-style fiddler
  • Kinnon Beaton, Canadian musician from Mabou, Nova Scotia

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