Bethune
See also: Béthune
English edit
Etymology edit
Norman habitational surname, from the city of Béthune, in Artois.
Proper noun edit
Bethune (countable and uncountable, plural Bethunes)
- A surname from Norman.
- A town in Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States.
- A town in Kershaw County, South Carolina, United States.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bethune is the 9437th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3447 individuals. Bethune is most common among White (54.63%) and Black/African American (39.22%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bethune”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150.