Buterfield Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Buterfield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buterfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:5,065,278148,650
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1051:478,27334,042

Buterfield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buterfield is most common in England. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Buterfield? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,034,050th most common family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 50 percent of Buterfield live; 46 percent live in Northern Europe and 46 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 5,065,278. In England Buterfield is most frequent in: West Yorkshire, where 82 percent live, Cheshire, where 9 percent live and Wiltshire, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account England this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Buterfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Buterfield has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Buterfield last name rose 367 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Buterfield Last Name Statistics demography

Buterfield earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Buterfield
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