Botterell Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Botterell Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Bottreaux.' Lower suggests this corruption. His view is strongly supported by the first two entries below, which occur close together in the Hundred Rolls of Shropshire.

Roger de Botereus, Salop, 1273.

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Botterell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England761:733,13240,828
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Wales41:773,63329,106
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1091:223,62717,016
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Botterell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Bottreaux.' Lower suggests this corruption. His view is strongly supported by the first two entries below, which occur close together in the Hundred Rolls of Shropshire.

Roger de Botereus, Salop, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Reginald de Boterel, Salop, ibid.

William de Boterell, Somerset, ibid.

1672. Baptised — William, son of Ephraim Botterell: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(French) belonging to (Les) Botterels or Bottereaux (Normandy) = apparently the Toads [Old French boterel, &c., diminutive of bot, a toad] Reginald de Boterel.—Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Probably the same as Bottreaux. In Ayrshire, however, a thickset, dwarfish person is so designated. Jamieson.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Lower says William de Botreux held great possessions in Cornwall temp. Henry I., the chief of which was Botreux's Castle; by contraction, Boscastle; and that the family were Norman, and doubtless came from Les Bottereaux, near Evreux. Others derive the name from bo-treaux, the castle on the sea, or the castle on the water. As a Cornish-French compound (bod-ar-eaux), the name would translate "the dwelling upon the waters." Botterell, Bottrall, Bottrell, and Botterill, may be the same name, or from the same root.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Botterell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Botterell has its highest incidence in England. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Botterell.

How Common Is The Last Name Botterell? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,484,726th most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Botterell are found; 58 percent are found in Northern Europe and 58 percent are found in British Isles.

Botterell is most widespread in England, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 733,132. In England Botterell is primarily found in: Devon, where 21 percent reside, Essex, where 18 percent reside and Greater London, where 17 percent reside. Other than England Botterell occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.

Botterell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Botterell has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Botterell surname contracted 30 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 560 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Botterell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Botterell last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Botterell earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 2.19% more than the national average, earning $44,092 USD per year and in Canada they earn 98.51% more than the national average, earning $98,626 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Botterel946/
Botterill892,653/
Butterell89106/
Batterell890/
Botherell890/
Boterel8874/
Botterrill840/
Bottarel82431/
Botherel82411/
Boterill827/
Botteril827/
Botarell821/
Butterill78192/
Batterill782/
Booterill781/
Betterill780/
Botherill780/
Betherell780/
Botarel7581/
Botorel7555/
Botărel7532/
Votterl753/
Butterreld744/
Buttergill740/
Batgerel712,078/
Bothorel711,601/
Bettarel71271/
Battarel71159/
Boutarel71146/
Baterzel711/
Bettorel711/
Waterell710/
Baterl6717/
Wotherill671/
Botherilt670/

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