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.

Proper noun

Beanland (plural Beanlands)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Beanland is the 66553^rd 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.