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

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

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

Lastname Beedon is a variant form of the Beaton. 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".

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

A form of Beaton. 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.

Family name is the variant of the 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 Beedon?

Beedon is common in United States, Israel, England.

Beedon is ranked 691782 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Beedon bearers increased by 5.83 per cent in 2010 US census to 127 since 2000, the surname slipped by 2605 spots and ranked at 133048. The last name was found in merely 4 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.19 94.17
Others 6.3 0
Beedon is an uncommon last name, few people in United States and Israel have the family name. Around 427 people have been found who wears Beedon as their family name. Few people around the world have Beedon as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Beedon:
118,659 United States200
9,601 Israel108
33,983 England101
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
180,238 Canada11

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