The Beaty surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,869 people carried this name — #2,800 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 12,588 in 2000.

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Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Beaty was found among the farmers of Cumberland and Westmorland: 44 in every 10,000.

Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent. His list gives one count for the spellings Beattie and Beaty.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Cumberland and Westmorland 44

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

145 families named Beaty, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 868 people lived in those households, 6 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Beaty, Baety, Baettey, Baitey, Baity, Batey, Battey, Batty, Baty, Beatey, Beatie, Beatte, Beattey, Beatty. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 62
New York 22
North Carolina 19
Rhode Island 12
Maryland 11
South Carolina 11
Virginia 3
New Hampshire 2
Massachusetts 2
Maine 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 229 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Beaty in American newspapers,
1886–1897.

Newspaper page from The Butler Weekly Times carrying the name Beaty
The Butler Weekly Times 1886-12-08
Newspaper page from The Butler Weekly Times carrying the name Beaty
The Butler Weekly Times 1886-12-22
Newspaper page from The Butler Weekly Times carrying the name Beaty
The Butler Weekly Times 1897-01-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 42,557 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Beaty in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

3,490 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Beaty. The most, 466, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 2,067
New South Wales 678
South Australia 490
Queensland 133
Western Australia 85
Tasmania 27
ACT (Canberra) 4
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Beaty.

Who carried it

People named Beaty,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Beaty, Jr.
    James Beaty, Jr. 1831–1899 · writer
  • Powhatan Beaty
    Powhatan Beaty 1837–1916 · actor
  • James Beaty, Sr. 1798–1892 · politician
  • Richard William Beaty 1799–1883 · composer
  • Richard William Beaty 1799–1883 · composer
  • David Beaty 1811–1889 · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Beaty,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,120 records

1,120 records of the Beaty name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 528
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 185
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 169
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 88
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 87
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 35
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 20
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Kenneth O. Beaty

    Born 1926 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1945 at Camp Beale Marysville, California; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Forest Lawn West Cemetery, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary A. Beaty

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Teutonic from Liverpool, aged 20; servant. From Cork, Ireland; bound for Chicago.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jeffrey Landis Beaty

    Born 1946; from Blair, Wisconsin. U.S. Army, armor crewman; killed in action 1967 in Kontum, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,120 records for Beaty in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia122 records

122 records of the Beaty name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 77
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 28
  • Tasmanian Names Index 9
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 4
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Patrick Beaty

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Minerva, arriving 1819; certificate of freedom 1837.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Matilda Beaty

    Arrived in Victoria in 1858 aboard the Africa, aged 16; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Beaty

    Farmer and grazier of Toolern Vale, Victoria; died 1967.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 122 records for Beaty in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada26 records

26 records of the Beaty name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 19
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Beaty

    Came to Ontario in 1869 aboard the Simoons, landing at Quebec, bound for Hamilton, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record James Beaty

    Died 1903; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Julia A. Beaty

    Died 1920 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 26 records for Beaty in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom7 records

7 records of the Beaty name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 3
  • Scottish rolls of honour, First World War 2
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 2
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Thomas Beaty

    Buried in 1825 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 37.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record David Edmond Beaty

    Died 1917. Named in the roll of honour of the pupils and staff of Dunfermline High School (1920).

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Beaty

    Bombardier, Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Beaty in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Beaty name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Donald Beaty

    Died 1886, aged 70; buried at Addington Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Beaty in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Other spellings of this name

The same name, spelled another way.

Spellings that H. B. Guppy (England and Wales, 1890) or the Registrar-General for Ireland (births index of 1890) counted as one name together with Beaty.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Beaty.

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