Bethune is used as a family name or surname in Netherlands. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bethune
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Netherlands
Meaning: Name given to the one who is from the town of Bethune. A fortified town and capital of a county in Artois, Netherlands. The meaning of this name remains a mystery: it was proposed the prefix bi-, followed by the Germanic -thun (= farm pens and group housing, cf English town), or former French betun (= ground muddy). Note that a Normandy river is called Bethune too.

How popular is Bethune?

Bethune is common in United States.

Bethune is ranked 60777 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bethune bearers increased by 1.982249 per cent in 2010 US census to 3447 since 2000, the surname slipped by 534 spots and ranked at 9437. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 54.63 58.4
Black 39.22 36.72
Hispanic or Latino 2.99 2.25
Others 1.91 1.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.64 0.74
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0.41
Bethune is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guyana is ahead in terms of density. Around 7581 people have been found who wears Bethune as their family name. Bethune is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
101,066 Zimbabwe5
1,219,338 India3
9,097 Wales3
28,232 Morocco2
15,705 Cameroon1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
30,360 Thailand1
56,169 Mexico1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
17,575 Kuwait1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
13,606 Senegal1
897,276 Russia1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
2,190 Barbados1
19,533 Uruguay1
810,193 Indonesia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
52,530 Belgium22
1,056 The Bahamas21
Countries with hundreds of Bethune:
4,963 Canada894
11,013 France833
5,261 Australia568
16,496 England339
1,197 Jamaica250
4,108 Scotland144
71,225 Germany134
1,006 Guyana133
5,718 New Zealand133
Countries with thousands of Bethune:
9,089 United States4,075
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 35 years old farmer Peter Bethune who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on June 18, 1847 by Fanny put out from Glasgow.

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 bethune is a surname, a name representative of the locality pas- de-Calais, from a man of bettun Germanic name.

Bethune Namesakes

  • Ade Bethune, Artist
  • Pete Bethune, Conservationist
  • Angus Bethune, Australian Politician
  • Norman Bethune, Physician
  • Bianca Bethune, Film actress
  • Louise Blanchard Bethune, Architect
  • Ade Bethune, Artist
  • Jean-Baptiste Bethune, Architect
  • Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Statesman
  • Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Statesman

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