Beaton

English

Etymology

Several origins:

• Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the town of Béthune in northern France
• Patronymic surname and pet name from a short form of Bartholomew or Beatrice
• Variant of McBeth

Proper noun

Beaton (countable and uncountable, plural Beatons)

1. A surname.
2. A locality and former settlement (now flooded) in West Kootenay region, British Columbia, Canada.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Beaton is the 7468^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4462 individuals. Beaton is most common among White (79.11%) and Black/African American (12.55%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beaton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 120.

Anagrams

• Tabone, onbeat