Butterfeild Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Butterfeild Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Butterfeild Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:12,498,584473,286
England61:9,286,343223,652
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Butterfeild Last Name Facts

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

The last name Butterfeild is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Butterfeild? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,228,735th most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Butterfeild live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 12,498,584. In The United States it is primarily found in: Utah, where 21 percent live, California, where 14 percent live and Georgia, where 10 percent live. Not including The United States Butterfeild occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent live and Jamaica, where 3 percent live.

Butterfeild Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Butterfeild has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Butterfeild surname increased 145 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Butterfeild Last Name Statistics demography

Butterfeild earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.04% less than the national average, earning $34,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buterfeild952/
Buttterfield874/
Butterfiield871/
Butterrfield871/
Butterfieldd871/
Buterfield8624/
Butterfiel8613/
Butterfeul860/
Buuterfield822/
Butterfiell821/

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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 Butterfeild
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