Butterford Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Butterford Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:1,218,768 | 44,985 |
Butterford Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Butterford Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Butterford is more frequently found in Northern Ireland than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Butterford? popularity and diffusion
Butterford is the 6,360,413th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Butterford are found; 89 percent are found in Northern Europe and 89 percent are found in British Isles.
The last name Butterford is most common in Northern Ireland, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 263,577. In Northern Ireland it is primarily concentrated in: Ulster, where 100 percent are found. Barring Northern Ireland this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.
Butterford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Butterford has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Butterford surname fell 95 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butterfor | 95 | 0 | / |
| Putterford | 90 | 3 | / |
| Butherford | 90 | 0 | / |
| Wutherford | 80 | 5 | / |
| Petterford | 80 | 1 | / |
| Peterford | 74 | 26 | / |
| Pettrford | 74 | 2 | / |
| Boderford | 74 | 0 | / |
| Bodderford | 70 | 0 | / |
| Behdarfard | 60 | 6 | / |
| Pudderfort | 60 | 0 | / |
| Bidarfard | 53 | 19 | / |
| Behdarvard | 50 | 19 | / |
| Petroforte | 50 | 2 | / |
| Bidarifard | 50 | 2 | / |
| Pedroforte | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Butterford
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