Last Name BEATTY

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Meaning The son of Beatrice. Beattie was the Northumbrian and Lowland Scottish form of the pet name, an abbreviation of the female name Beatrix.
From the Celtic 'Biatach.' Anciently, in Ireland, lands were assigned by the government to a certain number of persons who were appointed to keep houses of entertainment, and to exercise hospitality in the different provinces; they were called Biatachs. The office was considered honorable, and besides the lands assigned by the king, they were the lords of seven boroughs or villages, feeding seven herds of one hundred and twenty oxen each, besides the grain raised from seven ploughs every year. 'Beathaich,' in the Gaelic, signifies to feed, nourish, to welcome, to support. "Beata mor," Irish, to have a great estate. 'Beatha,' Gaelic, life, food, welcome, salutation.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 1,283 (2000 US census) 1,141 (1990 US census)
Count 25,245 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 82.46%, or 20817 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 13.66%, or 3448 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.37%, or 93 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.7%, or 177 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.45%, or 366 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.37%, or 346 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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