The BETHUNE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	3,380	8903	0.001	12
United States (1880 census)	376	12045	0.001	8
Change since 1880	+3004	+3142	0	+4
Other Countries
Australia	305	5130	0.002	19
United Kingdom	275	13475	0.001	6

Top States for BETHUNE by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Georgia	367	2747	0.004	45
Alabama	333	2146	0.007	75
Florida	322	6439	0.002	20
North Carolina	278	3723	0.003	35
Texas	250	7850	0.001	12
Top States for BETHUNE by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Alabama	333	2146	0.007	75
Georgia	367	2747	0.004	45
North Carolina	278	3723	0.003	35
Tennessee	142	4905	0.002	25
Nebraska	38	7499	0.002	22

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BETHUNE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BETHUNE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BETHUNE in Georgia than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BETHUNE by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BETHUNE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BETHUNE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BETHUNE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BETHUNE in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	76	2.25
Mixed Race	50	1.48
Native American/Alaskan	25	0.74
Asian/Pacific	14	0.41
Black/African American	1,241	36.72
White (Caucasian)	1,974	58.4

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BETHUNE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BETHUNE in historical publications

(origin: Local) From the town of Bethune, a fortified town, and capital of a county in Artois, Netherlands.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

BETHUNE. Tills Illustrious name Is traceable, beyond question, to Robert, surnamed Faisseus, seigneur of the town of Bethune, in Artois, in the year 1000, and there is good reason to suppose that he was a descendant of the ancient Counts of Artois. His descendants, Avho were ennobled in every grade and in various countries, reckon among theirnumbermany princes of Hainault in Flanders, Cardinal Beaton in Scotland, and the great Due de Sully in France. See L'Histoire Genealogique de la maison De Bethune par Andre du Chcsne, Paris, 1G39. (See Beaton).

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to BETHUNE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BETHUNE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.