Billiter Surname

385,337th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 922 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Billiter Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'a bell-founder.' An East-Anglian term. No instances appear in the Hundred Rolls (1273). 'Bellejetare (bellyatere). campanarius': Promptorium Parvulorum In the Register of Wills (London), ii. 226, occurs 'William Burford' I forgot to look for the date of this.

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Billiter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9181:394,83534,638
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1211:415,03030,604

Billiter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'a bell-founder.' An East-Anglian term. No instances appear in the Hundred Rolls (1273). 'Bellejetare (bellyatere). campanarius': Promptorium Parvulorum In the Register of Wills (London), ii. 226, occurs 'William Burford' I forgot to look for the date of this. Stowe informs us that Billiter Lane was once known as Beljeters Lane. This settles the origin of the surname. 'In 1349, Thomas de Baldeswell presented to the Church aforesaid as chief lord of this fee: in 1367, Adam Humphrey: and in 1385, Adam Pyk, and in 1400, Edmund Belytter, alias Belzeter' (Blomefield's Norfolk, viii. 383).

Robert le Belyetere, Close Rolls, 7 Edward tlf.pt. i. William le Behjetere. B. Margaret Billyetter, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

Edmund Belletere, Norfolk, ibid.

Robert le Bellegeter, 12 Edward I: Freemen of York.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Bellfounder. [Middle English bel- yetere, &c.; Middle English bel(le, Old English belle, a bell + a derivative of Middle English yeten, Old English geótan, to cast] Robert le Belyetere.—Close Rolls.

(French) Beggar, Vagabond. [Anglo-French bellyter, French bélître]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Apparently a bell-founder. The Promptorium has bellezeter (Halliw.), which Mr. Way derives from the Anglo-Saxon zeotere, fusor. "Zetynge of metelle, as bellys, fusio." The old name of Billiter Lane, in London, was originally "Belzettar's Lane" (Stowe), doubtless from the bell-founding trade there carried on.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Billiter Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Billiter Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Billiter is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Billiter? popularity and diffusion

Billiter is the 385,337th most common surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 7,904,063 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Billiter live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 918 people, or 1 in 394,835. In The United States Billiter is most frequent in: Kentucky, where 25 percent are found, Ohio, where 19 percent are found and West Virginia, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The United States Billiter exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent are found and Austria, where 0 percent are found.

Billiter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Billiter has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 759 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Billiter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Billiter last name are 21.29% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.06% being registered to vote for the party.

Billiter earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.75% less than the national average, earning $36,786 USD per year.

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