Beatty is used as a family name or surname in Celtic. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Beatty
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Celtic
Meaning: From the Celtic Biatach. Anciently, in Ireland, lands were assigned by the government to a certain number of persons who were appointed to keep houses of entertainment and to exercise hospitality in the different provinces, they were called Biatachs. The office was considered honorable and besides the lands assigned by the king, they were the lords of seven boroughs or villages, feeding seven herds of one hundred and twenty oxen each, besides the grain raised from seven ploughs every year. In Gaelic, Beathaich signifies to feed, nourish, to support, to welcome. Beata mor, Irish to have a great estate. Gaelic, Beatha means life, food, salutation or welcome.

How popular is Beatty?

Beatty is common in United States.

Beatty is ranked 13621 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Beatty bearers increased by 1.049713 per cent in 2010 US census to 25510 since 2000, the surname slipped by 106 spots and ranked at 1389. The last name was found in around 86 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.19 82.46
Black 14.26 13.66
Hispanic or Latino 2.13 1.37
Others 2.08 1.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.77 0.7
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.58 0.37
Beatty is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 38729 people have been found who wears Beatty as their family name. Beatty is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
839 South Korea10
486,351 Russia10
8,609 Trinidad and Tobago9
823,980 India6
8,582 Japan6
8,438 China5
70,383 Tanzania3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
32,086 Mexico3
6,270 Hong Kong3
41,879 Turkey2
6,900 Oman2
65,594 Belgium2
723,167 Indonesia2
147,165 Czech Republic2
91,784 Netherlands2
18,718 Thailand2
54,641 Sweden2
37,493 Austria1
15,162 Costa Rica1
31,584 Peru1
120,357 Argentina1
7,191 Afghanistan1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
13,606 Senegal1
2,374 Bermuda1
7,314 Bolivia1
7,790 Zambia1
5,467 Haiti1
28,365 Kenya1
42,479 Greece1
12,741 Ecuador1
47,891 Norway1
49,101 Denmark1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
66,560 Philippines1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
36,814 Romania1
10,683 Cyprus1
81,201 Switzerland1
24,771 Colombia1
7,292 Vietnam1
7,110 Bosnia1
49,529 Israel1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
53,193 Spain35
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
11,444 Portugal28
15,050 Singapore18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
6,104 Wales56
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Beatty:
1,025 Ireland606
13,209 South Africa475
779 Northern Ireland417
25,888 Germany403
4,611 New Zealand166
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Beatty:
1,363 Canada3,761
4,190 England1,780
2,212 Australia1,417
Countries with ten thousands of Beatty:
1,329 United States29,132
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Patt Beatty worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Ottowa and arrived on May 12, 1846. Immigrant Mary Beatty, Jno. Beatty (19) Workwoman, Workman Charles Beatty, 22 years old Kate Beatty, Mary-Ann Beatty (20) Maid, Michael Beatty, aged 9, Workman Patt Beatty, Mary Beatty (11), and 167 other Beatty around 48.24% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and mechanic, spinster, shoemaker, farmer migrated to US.

Beatty Namesakes

  • Daren Beatty portrayed critical role of Voice, Stage Manager in 2017 drama flick Crossing Thresholds.

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