The bethea Surname

bethea Name Meaning and History

Origin unidentified. Possibly an Anglicized variant of Welsh Bethel.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The bethea name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the bethea family name as far back in history as possible.

bethea Family Facts

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Distribution of bethea Families in the US in 1920

Number of bethea families

208-413

70-207

1-69

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William Jesse Bethea b 1844 MS d 1915 Mobile AL	pamelaharrellwhiteside	0
BETHEA hello from sc	Michael Bethea	9
Magnolia Bethea	charmaine_shuford	0
2004 Bethea Reunion, Dillon, SC	H B Gleason	5
John David Parker	WilliamRParker	0
Mary Sue Bethea in Jacksonville, TX 1937	drbrownlee	0
finding Betheas	rosiedcu	0
William Bethea, married in North Carolina in 1815	strictnurse	0
BETHEAS	bigfootsc41	6
BETHEA LOOK ALIKES	M.D.BETHEA	30

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