Buter Surname
Approximately 4,484 people bear this surname
Buter Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the butur.' 'Buture, the bittern. North' (Halliwell). 'Botor, a bustard. "Ther was venisoun of hert and bors, Swannes, pecokes, and botors." Arthourand Merlin.' ibid. v. Bustard.
John le Butur, Cambridgeshire, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameButer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1,569 | 1:10,763 | 1,478 |
| Nigeria | 1,474 | 1:120,178 | 7,930 |
| United States | 406 | 1:892,756 | 67,416 |
| Belarus | 394 | 1:24,114 | 4,105 |
| South Africa | 137 | 1:395,458 | 35,012 |
| Russia | 81 | 1:1,779,297 | 115,341 |
| Canada | 64 | 1:575,712 | 47,839 |
| Pakistan | 63 | 1:2,835,617 | 23,570 |
| Brazil | 39 | 1:5,489,085 | 137,424 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Iran | 23 | 1:3,338,371 | 97,100 |
| Ukraine | 22 | 1:2,069,213 | 143,711 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Serbia | 4 | 1:1,786,237 | 30,138 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 55 | 1:913,067 | 55,053 |
The alternate forms: Büter (2,207) are calculated separately.
Buter (279) may also be a first name.
Buter Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the butur.' 'Buture, the bittern. North' (Halliwell). 'Botor, a bustard. "Ther was venisoun of hert and bors, Swannes, pecokes, and botors." Arthourand Merlin.' ibid. v. Bustard.
John le Butur, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John le Botur, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
John Botere, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
1581. Richard Butter, New. Coll.: Register of the University of Oxford.
1786. Married — William Torris and Frances Butter: St. George, Hanover Square.
Boterus and Botorus are found as personal names in Domesday.
In the U.S. there are both Butter and Butters. Butter Crambe, Butterlaw, Butterleigh, Butterley, Buttermere, Butterton, Butterwick, Butterworth, are local names in England. There is also Booterstown (in some documents Ballybotter, Ballyboother, Butterstown, and Boterstone) near Dublin, which some say was originally Freebooterstown, from its being the resort of these picturesque desperadoes. Lower says Boterus and Botorus are found as personal names in Domesday; but the name Butter may be from Gaelic bude, a house, mansion, habitation, &c.; or from Anglo-Saxon bode, a messenger; or perhaps rather from Gaelic bod-her, a noble or brave leader. Bod is found in several German names; as Bauto, Maroboduus, Merobaudes, Genebaudes.
Buter Demographics
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Buter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buter (Bengali: বুতের, Marathi: बुटेर, Oriya: ବୁେଟର, Russian: Бутер) occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Büter. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Buter? popularity and diffusion
The surname Buter is the 104,628th most frequently held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,625,233 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 48 percent of Buter reside; 36 percent reside in Western Europe and 36 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Buter is also the 531,524th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 279 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 1,569 people, or 1 in 10,763. In The Netherlands Buter is most frequent in: North Holland, where 24 percent live, South Holland, where 16 percent live and Overijssel, where 13 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this surname exists in 49 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.
Buter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Buter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Buter last name increased 738 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 260 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Buter Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Buter surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (89%) in Belarus.
In The United States those bearing the Buter last name are 31.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 78.57% registered with the political party.
The amount Buter earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 40.28% more than the national average, earning R 333,360 per year; in United States they earn 16.07% more than the national average, earning $50,083 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.79% less than the national average, earning $49,292 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buter in the Bengali language | ||
| বুতের | butera | - |
| Buter in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁେଟର | buetara | 75 |
| ବୁେତର | buetara | 25 |
| Buter in the Marathi language | ||
| बुटेर | butera | 66.67 |
| बुटर | butara | 33.33 |
| Buter in the Russian language | ||
| Бутер | buter | - |
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