Butterby Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Butterby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Butterby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Butterby Last Name Facts

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

Butterby occurs most in Brazil. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Butterby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Butterby is the 3,798,600th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Butterby occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Butterby reside; 96 percent reside in South America and 96 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The last name Butterby is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 8,233,628. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 92 percent are found and Goiás, where 8 percent are found. Not including Brazil this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Butterby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Butterby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Butterby surname fell 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Butterby Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Butterby last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Butterby
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