Butterick Surname

496,702nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 664 people bear this surname

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

Butterick Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Butterwick,' an abbreviation. Places in County Durham, Yorkshire, and Lincoln; compare Fennick (i.e. Fenwick). As in the pronunciation of Warwick and Norwich, the w is entirely dropped.

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Butterick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2631:1,378,17195,481
Australia2061:131,04714,245
England1121:497,48331,781
New Zealand621:73,03710,843
Wales101:309,45316,869
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1371:177,92214,779
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:1,091,71163,103

Butterick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Butterwick,' an abbreviation. Places in County Durham, Yorkshire, and Lincoln; compare Fennick (i.e. Fenwick). As in the pronunciation of Warwick and Norwich, the w is entirely dropped.

Elena de Butterwyk, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Simon de Buterwyk, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.

1700. Baptised — Thomas, son of Thomas Butterick: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1755. Married — Robert Morgan and Mary Butterwick: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

1 for Butterwick, q.v.

2 the Old Teutonic pers. name Botric, found in Domesday as Botcric-us = lit, Mes­senger- or Herald-Ruler [O.H.Ger. boto, mod. bote = Old English boda, messenger, herald + Old Teutonic *rík- (as in Old English ríca), ruler]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

1, 2 [The first element in these pers. names may also be Old English bót = Old Saxon bóta, compensation, atonement, remedy]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Butterwick (butter farm), the name of several places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Places in cos, Durham, Lincoln, York, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Butterick Last Name Facts

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

The last name Butterick is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Butterick click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Butterick? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 496,702nd most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 10,975,220 people. Butterick is mostly found in Oceania, where 40 percent of Butterick are found; 40 percent are found in Australasia and 40 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 263 people, or 1 in 1,378,171. In The United States Butterick is mostly concentrated in: Georgia, where 13 percent reside, Tennessee, where 11 percent reside and Florida, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 31 percent reside and England, where 17 percent reside.

Butterick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Butterick has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Butterick surname rose 572 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 18 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Butterick Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Butterick surname are 0.4% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.83% registered with the political party.

The amount Butterick earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.89% more than the national average, earning $45,258 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.09% less than the national average, earning $41,690 CAD per year.

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