Butterfields Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Butterfields Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Butterfields Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:40,273,215872,126
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Butterfields Last Name Facts

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

The last name Butterfields is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Butterfields.

How Common Is The Last Name Butterfields? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Butterfields reside; 90 percent reside in North America and 90 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States it is most frequent in: Missouri, where 22 percent reside, Nebraska, where 22 percent reside and Utah, where 22 percent reside. Apart from The United States Butterfields occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent reside.

Butterfields Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Butterfields has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Butterfields surname rose 900 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Butterfields Last Name Statistics demography

Butterfields earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 67.5% less than the national average, earning $14,025 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buttterfield924/
Butterfiield921/
Butterrfield921/
Butterfieldd921/
Buterfield9124/
Buttrefield872/
Buuterfield872/
Peterfelds734/
Butterfultz700/
Petry-Feltus501/

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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 Butterfields
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