Beeston

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English Bestone, from Old English *Bēostūn, from *bēos (“bentgrass”) (from Proto-West Germanic *beusu (“rush”)) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). === Proper noun === Beeston (countable and uncountable, plural Beestons) (uncountable) A place in England: A hamlet in Sandy parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref SP1648). A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire; the location of Beeston Castle (OS grid ref SJ5458). A village in Beeston with Bittering parish, Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF9115). A town in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5236). A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2830). A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Derived terms ==== Beeston with Bittering ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Beeston is the 103655th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 173 individuals. Beeston is most common among White (78.61%) and Black/African American (14.45%) individuals. === References === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beeston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126. === Anagrams === betones, boneset