de Bethune Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Bethune Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Bethune Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium811:141,93420,189
France181:3,690,151224,666
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Russia21:72,061,528727,117

The alternate forms: de Béthune (32) are calculated separately.

de Bethune Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Bethune Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Bethune has its highest incidence in Belgium. It may also occur as: de Béthune. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Bethune? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,755,741st most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. de Bethune occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of de Bethune reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

It is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 141,934. In Belgium de Bethune is mostly concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 43 percent reside, Flemish Region, where 36 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 21 percent reside. Excluding Belgium this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in France, where 17 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Béthune9732/
Debethune95172/
de Betunne901/
Debéthune842/
de Bethania762/
de Bettini703/
de Biton672/
Dibothne671/
de Bottini607/
da Bietona601/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Bethune
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