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

Beebout, 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 Beebout surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Beebout in America

Beebout is the 66164th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Beebout surname appeared 299 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Beebout.

We can also compare 2010 data for Beebout 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 Beebout

The surname Beebout is believed to have originated in the Low Countries, which included parts of modern-day Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The name likely emerged during the medieval period, around the 12th or 13th century.

One theory suggests that the name Beebout is derived from the Dutch words "bij" (meaning "by" or "near") and "bocht" (meaning "bend" or "curve"), indicating that the name may have referred to someone who lived near a bend in a river or road. Another possibility is that the name is related to the Dutch word "beemd," meaning "meadow" or "pasture."

In its earliest recorded forms, the name appeared as Beyboudt, Beybudt, or Beebudt in various historical documents from the Low Countries. While it is uncertain whether the name appeared in well-known manuscripts like the Domesday Book, it is likely that it was recorded in local parish records or municipal documents from that region.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Beebout can be found in the birth records of Jan Beebout, born in 1598 in the village of Veere, in the Dutch province of Zeeland. Another notable early bearer of the name was Pieter Beebout, a merchant from Antwerp, Belgium, who was active in the mid-17th century.

In the 18th century, the name Beebout appeared in the records of the Dutch Reformed Church in New Amsterdam (present-day New York City), indicating that some individuals with this surname had emigrated to the American colonies from the Netherlands or Belgium.

Over the centuries, several individuals with the surname Beebout have achieved prominence in various fields. For example, Jacques Beebout (1734-1810) was a French-born soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War and later settled in Kentucky. Johannes Beebout (1768-1846) was a prominent Dutch-American painter known for his portraits and landscapes.

Other notable individuals with the Beebout surname include William Beebout (1807-1891), an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana, and Henry Beebout (1853-1928), a Canadian businessman and philanthropist who founded the Beebout Trucking Company in Toronto.

It is worth noting that, like many surnames, the spelling of Beebout has likely evolved over time, with variations such as Beebaut, Beebuyt, or Beybout appearing in different regions or historical records.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Beebout

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

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 Beebout 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 Beebout 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 Beebout was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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