Butt Surname
Approximately 364,815 people bear this surname
Butt Surname Definition:
(Anglo-Scand.) Short, Stumpy [Middle English but(te, Old Norse butt-r] Roger le But.—Close Rolls.
(Anglo-French-Teut.) 1 the French Butte, Botte, the Old Teutonic pers. name Botto, Boto, Botta, Bota-Messenger, Herald [O.H.Ger. boto, mod.
Read More About This SurnameButt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 278,482 | 1:641 | 102 |
| Saudi Arabia | 16,616 | 1:1,857 | 204 |
| England | 15,797 | 1:3,527 | 479 |
| India | 13,960 | 1:54,947 | 3,764 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8,257 | 1:1,110 | 123 |
| Canada | 7,063 | 1:5,217 | 757 |
| United States | 6,136 | 1:59,071 | 6,984 |
| Australia | 3,410 | 1:7,917 | 1,183 |
| Germany | 1,943 | 1:41,434 | 5,458 |
| Kuwait | 1,861 | 1:2,042 | 258 |
| Bahrain | 1,381 | 1:977 | 116 |
| Qatar | 914 | 1:2,580 | 233 |
| Spain | 694 | 1:67,366 | 6,027 |
| Oman | 674 | 1:5,472 | 780 |
| New Zealand | 565 | 1:8,015 | 1,363 |
| South Africa | 564 | 1:96,060 | 11,716 |
| Norway | 495 | 1:10,388 | 1,147 |
| Scotland | 380 | 1:14,089 | 1,803 |
| Philippines | 372 | 1:272,146 | 39,801 |
| Wales | 367 | 1:8,432 | 938 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Yemen | 307 | 1:86,076 | 5,625 |
| Belgium | 270 | 1:42,580 | 6,966 |
| Netherlands | 237 | 1:71,254 | 12,114 |
| Macau | 234 | 1:2,571 | 249 |
| Thailand | 231 | 1:305,794 | 52,719 |
| Hong Kong | 183 | 1:40,085 | 710 |
| Sweden | 174 | 1:56,591 | 4,381 |
| Ireland | 173 | 1:27,219 | 2,505 |
| Russia | 163 | 1:884,191 | 70,663 |
| Jamaica | 145 | 1:19,793 | 1,737 |
| Greece | 141 | 1:78,580 | 13,253 |
| Nigeria | 127 | 1:1,394,825 | 54,286 |
| Malaysia | 124 | 1:237,857 | 13,554 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Kenya | 121 | 1:381,652 | 21,791 |
| France | 104 | 1:638,680 | 83,098 |
| Italy | 98 | 1:624,048 | 56,733 |
| Iraq | 89 | 1:393,502 | 7,096 |
| Denmark | 88 | 1:64,144 | 6,446 |
| Switzerland | 74 | 1:110,985 | 11,556 |
| Northern Ireland | 68 | 1:27,133 | 2,940 |
| Singapore | 68 | 1:80,996 | 3,278 |
| Cambodia | 64 | 1:241,987 | 3,246 |
| Ukraine | 63 | 1:722,582 | 75,033 |
| China | 60 | 1:22,788,693 | 1,256 |
| Israel | 57 | 1:150,134 | 15,774 |
| Chile | 54 | 1:326,231 | 9,231 |
| Tanzania | 54 | 1:980,400 | 45,201 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| Austria | 30 | 1:283,848 | 32,444 |
| Hungary | 30 | 1:327,209 | 24,029 |
| Argentina | 29 | 1:1,473,911 | 82,038 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
| Poland | 20 | 1:1,900,437 | 96,203 |
| Japan | 19 | 1:6,728,647 | 42,320 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| Turkey | 14 | 1:5,558,673 | 112,907 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| South Korea | 11 | 1:4,658,205 | 839 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Saint Lucia | 9 | 1:19,865 | 1,494 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Belize | 6 | 1:59,246 | 2,743 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1:1,493,164 | 71,188 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 1:508,140 | 18,568 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 32 | 1:138,433 | 7,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,750 | 1:6,500 | 999 |
| Wales | 114 | 1:13,758 | 821 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:267,373 | 8,913 |
| Guernsey | 11 | 1:2,969 | 521 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,997 | 1:16,756 | 2,137 |
The alternate forms: Bütt (14) are calculated separately.
Butt (1,166) may also be a first name.
Butt Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-Scand.) Short, Stumpy [Middle English but(te, Old Norse butt-r] Roger le But.—Close Rolls.
(Anglo-French-Teut.) 1 the French Butte, Botte, the Old Teutonic pers. name Botto, Boto, Botta, Bota-Messenger, Herald [O.H.Ger. boto, mod. bote = Old English boda] 2 Dweller at a Butt [French butte, a mound; conn. with French but, a mark; of Teutonic orig.]
But-the name of several places in the arrondissement of Falaise.
For Bott. Roger But was Viscount of Southampton 1203 (Hardy, Obl. et Fin. 405).
Butt Demographics
Butt Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Butt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Butt Come From? nationality or country of origin
Butt (Hindi: बट्ट, Russian: Бутт) is found in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Bütt. Click here to see other possible spellings of Butt.
How Common Is The Last Name Butt? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,470th most frequent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 19,976 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Butt live; 80 percent live in South Asia and 80 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 232,644th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 1,166 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 278,482 people, or 1 in 641. In Pakistan it is most common in: Punjab, where 82 percent reside, Sindh, where 7 percent reside and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Pakistan Butt is found in 117 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.
Butt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Butt has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Butt last name expanded 421 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 205 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 2,714 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 322 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 541 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Butt Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (56%) in Ireland and Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
The amount Butt earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 77.18% less than the national average, earning €6,854 per year; in Norway they earn 16.82% less than the national average, earning 287,854 kr per year; in Peru they earn 25.12% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,515 per year; in South Africa they earn 280% more than the national average, earning R 903,024 per year; in United States they earn 49.44% more than the national average, earning $64,482 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.76% less than the national average, earning $48,314 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bütt | 92 | 14 | / |
| Butte | 89 | 4,888 | / |
| Bhutt | 89 | 1,401 | / |
| Boutt | 89 | 174 | / |
| Buitt | 89 | 53 | / |
| Buttt | 89 | 24 | / |
| Butth | 89 | 22 | / |
| Bustt | 89 | 11 | / |
| Buutt | 89 | 9 | / |
| Bautt | 89 | 4 | / |
| Buytt | 89 | 2 | / |
| Beutt | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bujtt | 89 | 1 | / |
| Butdt | 89 | 1 | / |
| Buhtt | 89 | 1 | / |
| But | 86 | 55,120 | / |
| Boutte | 80 | 5,738 | / |
| Bhutte | 80 | 589 | / |
| Bautte | 80 | 46 | / |
| Bautts | 80 | 33 | / |
| Butthe | 80 | 15 | / |
| Beuttz | 80 | 4 | / |
| Buitte | 80 | 4 | / |
| Beutte | 80 | 3 | / |
| Bhuttp | 80 | 2 | / |
| Boutdt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Boutts | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hboutt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bhautt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buytts | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bhuttd | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bhuutt | 80 | 1 | / |
| D'Butt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buitts | 80 | 0 | / |
| Boutth | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bustte | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bott | 75 | 25,172 | / |
| Bute | 75 | 10,901 | / |
| Bout | 75 | 4,813 | / |
| Buth | 75 | 3,506 | / |
| Bult | 75 | 2,861 | / |
| Baut | 75 | 2,148 | / |
| Bhut | 75 | 2,109 | / |
| Buit | 75 | 988 | / |
| Bust | 75 | 976 | / |
| Buut | 75 | 141 | / |
| Vutt | 75 | 129 | / |
| Budt | 75 | 97 | / |
| Wutt | 75 | 85 | / |
| Beut | 75 | 73 | / |
| Buht | 75 | 31 | / |
| Buyt | 75 | 14 | / |
| Butd | 75 | 9 | / |
| Butp | 75 | 6 | / |
| Buzt | 75 | 4 | / |
| Butė | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bujt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bgut | 75 | 1 | / |
| Buththe | 73 | 37 | / |
| Buttová | 73 | 28 | / |
| Baustte | 73 | 12 | / |
| H'Boutt | 73 | 9 | / |
| Buttova | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bu | 67 | 89,540 | / |
| Bhute | 67 | 13,553 | / |
| Baute | 67 | 7,438 | / |
| Buist | 67 | 4,434 | / |
| Boute | 67 | 2,415 | / |
| Boult | 67 | 2,039 | / |
| Beuth | 67 | 2,002 | / |
| Baust | 67 | 1,532 | / |
| Beute | 67 | 1,241 | / |
| Bouts | 67 | 1,192 | / |
| Bault | 67 | 1,136 | / |
| Buste | 67 | 1,123 | / |
| Wutte | 67 | 792 | / |
| Boust | 67 | 781 | / |
| Bucht | 67 | 645 | / |
| Bahut | 67 | 623 | / |
| Buyst | 67 | 592 | / |
| Buthe | 67 | 558 | / |
| Busst | 67 | 378 | / |
| Bouth | 67 | 375 | / |
| Beust | 67 | 324 | / |
| Beutz | 67 | 213 | / |
| Bauth | 67 | 191 | / |
| Bohut | 67 | 188 | / |
| Buuts | 67 | 184 | / |
| Voutt | 67 | 183 | / |
| Bhuit | 67 | 114 | / |
| Boudt | 67 | 108 | / |
| Bauts | 67 | 91 | / |
| Boott | 67 | 70 | / |
| Beudt | 67 | 66 | / |
| Buite | 67 | 47 | / |
| Buște | 67 | 45 | / |
| Boett | 67 | 41 | / |
| Buith | 67 | 38 | / |
| Bouyt | 67 | 37 | / |
| Bhaut | 67 | 29 | / |
| Bouët | 67 | 28 | / |
| Busæt | 67 | 25 | / |
| Bhust | 67 | 17 | / |
| Buijt | 67 | 16 | / |
| Bouht | 67 | 14 | / |
| Botth | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hbout | 67 | 10 | / |
| Bhout | 67 | 9 | / |
| Busht | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bustø | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wutth | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bhuth | 67 | 7 | / |
| Boujt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wustt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bauht | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bheut | 67 | 2 | / |
| Busts | 67 | 2 | / |
| Baudt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bhott | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buits | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buuth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buytz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhuut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vutte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beuts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuitt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Butthova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bustz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buszt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Béout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bottd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vuitt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buzts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Budte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weutt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Beutd | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bautd | 67 | 0 | / |
Butt Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Butt in the Hindi language | ||
| बट्ट | batta | 50 |
| बुत्त | butta | 16.67 |
| बुट्ट | butta | 16.67 |
| दत्त | datta | 16.67 |
| Butt in the Russian language | ||
| Бутт | butt | - |
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