Bethune

== English == === Etymology === From the Norman habitational surname, from the city of Béthune, in Artois. === Proper noun === Bethune (countable and uncountable, plural Bethunes) A surname from Norman. A town in Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States. A town in Kershaw County, South Carolina, United States. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Bethune is the 9437th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3447 individuals. Bethune is most common among White (54.63%) and Black/African American (39.22%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bethune”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150.