as a Last Name
- 3,221
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Bethune
Meaning & Origins
French (Béthune) and Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Béthune in Pas-de-Calais, Picardy, France, recorded in the 8th century in the Latin form Bitunia, probably an adjective (with villa understood) derived from the oblique form of a Germanic personal name Betto, a hypocoristic formation. Compare Bettencourt, Beaton.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,221
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Bethune per capita
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