Betty Surname
Approximately 21,921 people bear this surname
Betty Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Beatrice,' from the nick. Bete or Bet; v. Beaton and Beatson. No connexion with Elizabeth. Both the nick, and the diminutive occur together in Piers Plowman: 'And bade Bette cut a bough, And beat Betoun therewith.
Read More About This SurnameBetty Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 3,920 | 1:9,569 | 1,352 |
| United States | 3,060 | 1:118,451 | 12,724 |
| Indonesia | 2,870 | 1:46,080 | 5,214 |
| Rwanda | 2,481 | 1:4,581 | 1,120 |
| Egypt | 793 | 1:115,934 | 9,519 |
| Morocco | 716 | 1:48,151 | 7,863 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Papua New Guinea | 600 | 1:13,590 | 1,266 |
| New Zealand | 591 | 1:7,662 | 1,304 |
| England | 451 | 1:123,543 | 12,408 |
| Australia | 449 | 1:60,124 | 7,285 |
| Jamaica | 425 | 1:6,753 | 825 |
| Iraq | 409 | 1:85,628 | 2,729 |
| Lebanon | 329 | 1:17,134 | 2,229 |
| Canada | 302 | 1:122,005 | 12,798 |
| Cameroon | 261 | 1:79,575 | 9,757 |
| Nigeria | 227 | 1:780,365 | 35,035 |
| Niger | 226 | 1:84,920 | 3,631 |
| Kenya | 218 | 1:211,834 | 15,137 |
| Ecuador | 195 | 1:81,568 | 5,722 |
| France | 172 | 1:386,179 | 57,106 |
| Mauritania | 146 | 1:28,047 | 2,361 |
| India | 133 | 1:5,767,409 | 137,347 |
| Philippines | 117 | 1:865,284 | 79,885 |
| Wales | 117 | 1:26,449 | 2,746 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Iran | 114 | 1:673,531 | 35,891 |
| Tanzania | 112 | 1:472,693 | 32,330 |
| Botswana | 110 | 1:19,881 | 3,945 |
| Solomon Islands | 110 | 1:5,273 | 715 |
| Malaysia | 109 | 1:270,589 | 15,097 |
| Uganda | 97 | 1:402,467 | 25,105 |
| China | 92 | 1:14,862,191 | 871 |
| Israel | 90 | 1:95,085 | 11,065 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| Ivory Coast | 71 | 1:324,947 | 11,901 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| South Africa | 66 | 1:820,874 | 55,153 |
| Russia | 62 | 1:2,324,565 | 137,882 |
| Mauritius | 61 | 1:21,204 | 4,314 |
| Yemen | 58 | 1:455,609 | 10,629 |
| Chile | 51 | 1:345,421 | 9,676 |
| Cuba | 50 | 1:230,454 | 4,614 |
| Liberia | 48 | 1:91,844 | 7,477 |
| Italy | 43 | 1:1,422,249 | 79,532 |
| Scotland | 41 | 1:130,581 | 8,115 |
| South Sudan | 36 | 1:317,085 | 679 |
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| Netherlands | 33 | 1:511,733 | 48,115 |
| United Arab Emirates | 31 | 1:295,557 | 19,854 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| Afghanistan | 18 | 1:1,786,288 | 13,520 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Panama | 16 | 1:244,516 | 6,353 |
| Congo | 13 | 1:383,777 | 9,863 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Romania | 9 | 1:2,230,874 | 54,437 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 62 | 1:71,449 | 5,226 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 355 | 1:68,663 | 7,757 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:340,292 | 10,329 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:196,052 | 7,186 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 317 | 1:158,419 | 14,515 |
Betty (2,076,536) may also be a first name.
Betty Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Beatrice,' from the nick. Bete or Bet; v. Beaton and Beatson. No connexion with Elizabeth. Both the nick, and the diminutive occur together in Piers Plowman: 'And bade Bette cut a bough, And beat Betoun therewith.'
Betissa Browne, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Beteson, 1379: ibid.
Gilbertus Bet, 1379: ibid.
William Beteson, Yorkshire Testamenta Eboracensia (Surtees Society).
1581. Frances Bettes, Hampshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1590. John Betts, Kent, ibid.
1696. Buried — Betson: St. Mary Aldermary.
1743. Married — Thomas Bett and Sarah Frimley: St. George, Hanover Square.
1770. — Stephen Smith and Ann Bettes: ibid.
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Beatrice,' from the nick. Bet or Bett, and pet Bettie; compare Charley or Teddie. No connexion with Elizabeth; v. Betts.
Thomas Betisson. History of Norfolk.
1549. Baptised — Tamson (Thomasine), d. John Bettie: Reg. St. Columb Major.
1690. William Bettis and Catherine Groves: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).
1697. Buried — Katherine Bettys: Canterbury Cath.
1745. Married — Richard Betty and Hannah Curtis: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
1 = Bett (q.v.) + the English diminutive suff.-y.
2 the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Betti.
Usually the name of Scottish settlers in Ulster; but in other parts of the country it is the anglieized form of bhiadtach (public victualler) still extant as Betagh in the Athlone area; this is thus an occupative surname. MIF 30; Map Meath
A variant of Beatty, q.v. Both occur in Co. Fermanagh as synonyms of MacCaffrey
See Female Christian Names become Surnames. Bede mentions a priest called Betti, A.D. 653.
(Latin.) A contraction of the Latin Beatus, happy.
One of the principal stocks of the old and characteristic Norfolk name of Betts included the family that possessed, in the 15th and 16th centuries, the manors of Hastings Hall and Whitefoot in Irmingland (Bl.). This name is also well represented in Lincolnshire, where it usually takes the form of Bett; it is also present, though less numerous, in the other east coast counties of Suffolk and Kent.
Betty Demographics
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Betty Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Betty Come From? nationality or country of origin
Betty (Arabic: بيتى, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺘﻲ, Hindi: बेट्टी, Marathi: बेटी) has its highest incidence in Sudan. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Betty? popularity and diffusion
The last name Betty is the 24,647th most common family name internationally, held by around 1 in 332,446 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 47 percent of Betty are found; 25 percent are found in North Africa and 21 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 299th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 2,076,536 people.
The surname is most frequent in Sudan, where it is held by 3,920 people, or 1 in 9,569. Barring Sudan this surname exists in 122 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Indonesia, where 13 percent reside.
Betty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Betty has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Betty surname grew 965 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 127 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,463 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 373 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Betty Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Anglican (75%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Sunni (93%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Betty are 13.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.42% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Betty earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 56.88% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,359 per year; in South Africa they earn 40.83% more than the national average, earning R 334,656 per year; in Colombia they earn 44% less than the national average, earning $12,713,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.54% less than the national average, earning $38,599 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.71% more than the national average, earning $52,024 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Betty Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Betty in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺘﻲ | bty | 66.22 |
| ﺑﺖ | bt | 14.86 |
| ﺑﺘﻰ | bty | 12.16 |
| ﻳﺘﻲ | yty | 2.7 |
| ﺑﺎﺗﻲ | baty | 1.35 |
| ﺑﻮﺗﻲ | bwty | 1.35 |
| Betty in the Hindi language | ||
| बेट्टी | betti | 60 |
| बेटटी | betati | 40 |
| Betty in the Marathi language | ||
| बेटी | beti | 40 |
| बेटटी | betati | 40 |
| बेत्त्य | bettya | 13.33 |
| बेती | beti | 6.67 |
| Betty in the Arabic language | ||
| بيتى | byty | - |
| بـيتي | byty | - |
| بيتّي | byty | - |
| بتّي | bty | - |
| بيتي | byty | - |
| بتى | bty | - |
| بتي | bty | - |
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