The Bethune surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,447 people carried this name — #9,437 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,380 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bethune surname
From the Norman habitational surname, from the city of Béthune, in Artois.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bethune» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 435 people named Bethune.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Bethune in American newspapers,
1902–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,836 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bethune,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elizabeth Bethune d. 1623
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Janet Bethune d. 1579
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James Bethune, 6th of Creich d. 1618
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Martin Eccles Lindsay Bethune d. 1813
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Sir David Bethune, 1st of Creich d. 1505
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Robert Bethune, 4th of Creich d. 1567
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bethune.
- Best 37,923 · U.S. census
- Bet 175 · U.S. census
- Betbeze 119 · U.S. census
- Beth 846 · U.S. census
- Bethe 190 · U.S. census
- Bethencourt 107 · U.S. census
- Betka 207 · U.S. census
- Betourne 113 · U.S. census
- Betsch 466 · U.S. census
- Betta 133 · U.S. census
- Bette 216 · U.S. census
- Bettencourt 7,365 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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