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    The surname Beaton

    A patronymic surname, carried by 4,462 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B350

    Beaton: #7,468 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Beaton #7,468, 4,462 people Beaton: #7,468 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Beaton #7,468, 4,462 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beaton is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    Several origins: * Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the town of Béthune in northern France * Patronymic surname and pet name from a short form of Bartholomew or Beatrice * Variant of McBeth

    Beaton is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,462 people named Beaton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,194 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,259.

    #7,468
    rank among US surnames
    4,462
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #7,222)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,465Boyett4,46569,148
    #7,466Hance4,46469,163
    #7,467Lambright4,46369,179
    #7,468Ruhl4,46269,194

    Who is named Beaton

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    79% of people named Beaton identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Beaton

    Beaton has the Soundex code B350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B350.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Beaton come from?
    Several origins: * Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the town of Béthune in northern France * Patronymic surname and pet name from a short form of Bartholomew or Beatrice * Variant of McBeth
    How common is the surname Beaton?
    4,462 people in the United States had the surname Beaton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,194 Americans. It ranked 7,468th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beaton?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Beaton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Beaton?
    Beaton is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Beaton getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,259 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,462 in 2010, up 4.8%.