Find out how popular the last name Beaudin is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Beaudin.

Beaudin, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Beaudin surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Beaudin in America

Beaudin is the 18614th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Beaudin surname appeared 1,479 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Beaudin.

We can also compare 2010 data for Beaudin to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Beaudin

The surname BEAUDIN originated in France during the late Middle Ages. It is derived from the Old French words "beau" meaning beautiful and "din" referring to a ridge or hill. The name likely referred to someone who lived near a picturesque ridge or hilltop.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name was a Jehan Beaudin, born around 1375 in the village of Aubigny-sur-Nère in central France. Aubigny's location on a scenic hilltop overlooking the Nère River may have inspired the name.

Another early bearer was Guillaume Beaudin, a soldier from Normandy who fought in the Hundred Years' War in the early 1400s. Records show he was knighted by the Dauphin (later King Charles VII) on the battlefield near Orléans in 1429 for his bravery.

In the 1500s, the BEAUDIN name spread to other areas of northern France like Picardy and Île-de-France. A Philippe Beaudin from Amiens is listed in tax records from 1578. Around 1610, Jacques Beaudin from Paris published respected works on mathematics and astronomy.

As the name moved into the modern era, Marie-Louise Beaudin (1773-1849) was a governess employed by Napoleon Bonaparte's sister Caroline in the early 1800s. She kept a famous diary documenting life in elite Parisian circles.

Among the most renowned bearers was Théodore Beaudin (1842-1920), a statesman who served as mayor of Reims and represented the Marne region in the French National Assembly for over 30 years in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

While widespread in France by this time, the name also grew more common in Quebec, Canada after the 17th century among French settlers. René-Charles Beaudin (1701-1761) was one of the earliest recorded examples there, living in Trois-Rivières.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Beaudin

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Beaudin.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Beaudin was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Beaudin has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Beaudin was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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