Beanland
English
Etymology
From Old English bēan (“bean”) + land (“land”), a topographic surname for someone who lived by a land on which beans were grown.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Beanland is the 66553rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 297 individuals. Beanland is most common among White (87.21%) and Black/African American (10.77%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beanland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 119.
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