Bethune Family History
Bethune Name Meaning
French (Béthune) and Scottish (of Norman origin):
habitational name from Béthune in Pas-de-Calais, Picardy, France,
recorded in the 8th century in the Latin form Bitunia, probably
an adjective (with villa understood) derived from the oblique
form of a Germanic personal name Betto, a hypocoristic
formation. Compare Bettencourt, Beaton.
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Name Distribution of Bethune Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bethune families
 28 - 54  10 - 27 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bethune families
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11 - 19 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bethune families
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49 - 96 17 - 48 |
1 - 16 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bethune Family Origin
Bethune Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Bethune
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Bethune Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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