The Bettis surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,931 people carried this name — #5,829 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,665 in 2000.

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In print

Bettis in American newspapers,
1891–1911.

Newspaper page from The French Broad Hustler carrying the name Bettis
The French Broad Hustler 1911-07-20
Newspaper page from The Beatrice Daily Express carrying the name Bettis
The Beatrice Daily Express 1910-04-01
Newspaper page from The Dalles Daily Chronicle carrying the name Bettis
The Dalles Daily Chronicle 1891-04-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,944 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bettis in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

172 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bettis. The most, 40, 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 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 86
New South Wales 36
Queensland 15
South Australia 15
Tasmania 8
Western Australia 6
ACT (Canberra) 4

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

Who carried it

People named Bettis,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Cyrus K. Bettis
    Cyrus K. Bettis 1893–1926 · aircraft pilot
  • Valerie Bettis
    Valerie Bettis 1919–1982 · actor
  • Tom Bettis
    Tom Bettis 1933–2015 · American football player
  • Zechariah Bettis 1816–1879 · politician
  • J. Warren Bettis 1924–2011 · judge
  • Richard A. Bettis 1947–2025 · business theorist

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 Bettis,
in the records of 6 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 States343 records

343 records of the Bettis name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 190
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 109
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 16
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alvin B. Bettis

    Born 1914 in Nebraska. Enlisted 1942 at Portland, Oregon; farm hand from Tillamook County, Oregon. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 Giuseppe Bettis

    Arrived at New York in 1897 aboard the Werra from Genoa, aged 28; peasant. From Ischia, Napoli, Italy.

    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 John Calvin Bettis

    Born 1941; from Richmond, Virginia. U.S. Marine Corps, field artillery cannoneer; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 343 records for Bettis in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). 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).

Australia9 records

9 records of the Bettis name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 8
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William Bettis

    Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1853. Married 1854 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 32.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. 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 John Bettis

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Lord Lyndoch, sailing from London in 1840. Native of Eastwood, Essex.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Louisa Bettis

    Died 1859 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Bettis in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Bettis name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Clifford Bettis

    Died 1933; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Myrtle Bettis

    Died 1996; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Bettis name in New Zealand Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record William Bettis

    Buried in 1904 at Shortland Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 87.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Sarah Bettis

    Buried in 1899 at Shortland Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 83.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Thames-Coromandel District 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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Bettis name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record B. Bettis

    Royal Flying Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

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

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Bettis name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Paulette Bettis

    Born 1927 in Bègles (Gironde); died 1999 in Vic-en-Bigorre (Hautes-Pyrénées).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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