Last Name ARBUTHNOT

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Meaning Local: Of Arbuthnot, a parish in Kincardineshire.The first of the family was Hugh de Arburthenoth, who assumed his surname from the lands which he acquired in 1105 with the daughter of Osbert Olifard, and on which his descendants have resided for more than twenty generations.
Local: from the barony of Arbuthnot in Kinkardineshire. Aber, the mouth of a stream, both, a dwelling, and neth, a stream that descends ; aberbothneth, the house near the conflux of the stream. The family are descended from Hugh de Arbuthnot, 1160.
Local: First assumed by the proprietors of the land and barony of Arbuthnot in the Mearns, Scotland. The name is said to have been anciently written 'Aberbuthnoth,' which signifies the dwelling near the confluence of the river with the sea, from 'Aber,' the mouth of a river, 'both,' a dwelling, and 'neth,' a stream that descends, or is lower than some other relative object.
Origin English, Scottish, Irish

Rank 30,120 (2000 US census) 48,439 (1990 US census)
Count 734 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 72.62%, or 533 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 25.75%, or 189 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 0.82%, or 6 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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