How common is the surname Bethune?

3,447 people in the United States had the surname Bethune in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,569 Americans. It ranked 9,437th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bethune?

Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and civil rights leader (1875-1955), followed by Zina Bethune.

Where is the surname Bethune most common?

Wikidata records people named Bethune in the United States and Belgium.

Is the surname Bethune getting more or less common?

More common. 3,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,447 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Bethune

A Norman place surname, carried by 3,447 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bethune is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

From the Norman habitational surname, from the city of Béthune, in Artois.

Bethune is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,447 people named Bethune in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,569 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,380.

#9,437

rank among US surnames

3,447

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #8,903)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,431	Geter	3,449	89,517
#9,433	Bork	3,448	89,543
#9,437	Bethune	3,447	89,569
#9,440	Wehner	3,446	89,595
#9,444	Durso	3,445	89,621
#9,446	McGruder	3,444	89,647

Who is named Bethune

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

55% of people named Bethune identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 55%
Black (not Hispanic) 39%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bethunes

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mary McLeod Bethune
American educator and civil rights leader (1875-1955)
Zina Bethune
American actress, dancer, and choreographer (1945-2012)
Croix Bethune
American soccer player (born 2001)
Jean-Baptiste Bethune
Belgian architect, designer and politician (1821-1894)

Notable Bethunes come mostly from the United States (3) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Bethune

Bettin

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

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bethune come from?: From the Norman habitational surname, from the city of Béthune, in Artois.
How common is the surname Bethune?: 3,447 people in the United States had the surname Bethune in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,569 Americans. It ranked 9,437th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bethune?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Bethune identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bethune?: Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and civil rights leader (1875-1955), followed by Zina Bethune.
Where is the surname Bethune most common?: Wikidata records people named Bethune in the United States and Belgium.
What type of surname is Bethune?: Bethune is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bethune getting more or less common?: More common. 3,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,447 in 2010, up 2.0%.