Last Name BEYENE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Ethiopian

Rank	40,203 (2000 US census)	48,254 (1990 US census)

Count	513 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

2.34%, or 12 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
85.96%, or 441 total occurrences, as black,
1.17%, or 6 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
10.53%, or 54 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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