Betty is used as a family name or surname in Uganda. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Betty
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Uganda
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Betty

How popular is Betty?

Betty is common in Uganda.

Betty is ranked 13483 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Betties plummeted by 8.067542 per cent to 1470 since 2000 and slipped by 2154 spots and ranked at 18694. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 73.27 75.23
Black 20.54 19.7
Hispanic or Latino 3.2 2.81
Others 1.43 1.31
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.95 0.31
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.61 0.63
Betty is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Uganda which signifies that it is originated from Uganda. Around 39149 people have been found who wears Betty as their family name. Betty is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,022 Senegal7
1,373 Sudan6
5,707 Nicaragua5
59,967 Moldova4
635 Macau3
10,762 Hungary3
3,949 Botswana3
2,550 Haiti3
4,085 Bolivia3
18,114 Algeria3
6,462 Ivory Coast2
54,641 Sweden2
10,284 Kuwait2
2,705 Togo2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
18,625 Japan2
6,353 Panama2
18,718 Thailand2
4,302 Benin2
14,618 Guyana1
1,542 Andorra1
7,941 Guatemala1
510 East Timor1
3,993 El Salvador1
174,544 Czech Republic1
11,486 Estonia1
8,268 Mauritius1
6,149 Ethiopia1
3,350 Fiji1
37,779 Serbia1
42,479 Greece1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
15,162 Costa Rica1
613 Central African Republic1
6,820 Angola1
591 Samoa1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
2,078 Lesotho1
2,935 Madagascar1
3,307 Malta1
66,560 Philippines1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
47,891 Norway1
5,872 Namibia1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,073 Latvia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
7,292 Vietnam1
1,879 Belize1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
10,958 Bangladesh1
53,505 Turkey1
2,613 The Bahamas1
8,371 Syria1
24,421 Slovakia1
5,916 Mozambique1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
92,266 Ukraine46
33,176 Zimbabwe38
36,547 Switzerland27
9,692 Ireland27
11,685 Singapore24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
23,914 Denmark20
84,957 Spain15
72,915 Belarus11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,321 Israel94
2,858 Hong Kong83
676 China82
20,785 Belgium82
2,992 Puerto Rico68
6,628 Portugal65
8,082 Scotland59
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Betty:
4,304 Cameroon793
17,493 Brazil747
4,052 Ghana719
9,495 England683
8,350 Mexico602
11,494 South Africa548
19,176 Italy537
735 Taiwan521
1,430 New Zealand516
10,151 Canada389
7,479 Australia384
4,666 Colombia367
3,253 Ecuador345
31,047 Germany336
1,045 Jamaica303
17,121 Tanzania255
7,689 Malaysia253
22,208 Argentina239
9,402 Romania230
28,734 Poland191
9,668 Peru185
9,538 Venezuela151
126,578 India149
2,216 Mauritania147
3,381 Dominican Republic144
85,798 Russia143
19,113 Netherlands142
7,193 Chile135
Countries with thousands of Betty:
4,726 Nigeria5,044
9,125 United States4,051
5,924 Indonesia2,326
2,814 Kenya2,040
968 Rwanda1,684
3,975 Morocco1,275
8,821 France1,016
Countries with ten thousands of Betty:
590 Uganda10,642
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Andrew Betty was 50 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 29, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Arrick from Belfast. 21 years old Malinda Betty, Charles Betty, aged 32, 10 years old C. Betty, are others that migrated to US.

From Italy

Emilia Betty and 27 years old Leone Betty hailed from Italy. 30 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on City Of Montreal and arrived on April 11, 1881.

Betty Namesakes

  • Cyd Betty Bennett, Joseph A. Bennett's daughter
  • George Chakiris, Dan Dailey & Betty Lynn, Musical Artist
  • Sheela Betty, Vinod ER's wife

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