Bethune

See also: Béthune

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Bethune (countable and uncountable, plural Bethunes)

1. A surname from Norman.
2. A town in Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States.
3. A town in Kershaw County, South Carolina, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bethune is the 9437^th 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bethune”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150.