Butterfeld Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Butterfeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Butterfeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Butterfeld Last Name Facts

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

The last name Butterfeld has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Butterfeld? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Butterfeld occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Butterfeld live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 50 percent reside, California, where 25 percent reside and Massachusetts, where 25 percent reside. Not including The United States Butterfeld is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 20 percent reside.

Butterfeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Butterfeld has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Butterfeld
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