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Where Does The Last Name Butterfield Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Butterfield (Arabic: بترفيلد, Hindi: बटरफील्ड) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Butterfield? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 21,273^rd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 284,314 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Butterfield live; 66 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America. Butterfield is also the 1,744,716^th most frequent given name at a global level It is held by 35 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 15,446 people, or 1 in 23,466. In The United States Butterfield is primarily found in: California, where 11 percent are found, Utah, where 10 percent are found and Washington, where 5 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name is found in 68 countries. It is also found in England, where 22 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.

Butterfield Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Butterfield has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Butterfield surname rose 367 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 143 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 365 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 818 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 49 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Butterfield Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Butterfield last name is predominantly Catholic (77%) in Ireland.

In The United States Butterfield are 8.26% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.03% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Butterfield earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 12.71% more than the national average, earning R 267,840 per year; in United States they earn 3.67% more than the national average, earning $44,733 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.73% more than the national average, earning $57,001 CAD per year.