Bettencourt Family History
Bettencourt Name Meaning
French: habitational name from any of various places so called,
with minor variations in spelling, of which the main one is in
Somme. They are named with a Germanic personal name Betto (an
assimilated form of Berto (see Bert) + Old French
court ‘farm(yard)’). The name is now very frequent in Portugal,
where it first occurred in the 15th century (see
Betancourt).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bettencourt Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bettencourt families
 180 - 358  61 - 179 |
 1 - 60  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bettencourt families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bettencourt Family Origin
Bettencourt Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Bettencourt
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Bettencourt Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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