Butterlin Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Finland

Butterlin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Butterlin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France301:2,214,091176,965
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Finland111:499,70030,478
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
England11:55,718,059489,080
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

The alternate forms: Bütterlin (9) are calculated separately.

Butterlin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Butterlin occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Bütterlin. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Butterlin? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,394,033rd most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Butterlin live; 72 percent live in Western Europe and 47 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 2,214,091. In France it is most numerous in: Grand Est, where 70 percent live, Île-de-France, where 13 percent live and Occitanie, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account France this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 20 percent live and Finland, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bütterlin969/
Butterling9555/
Buterlin941/
Buterlina894/
Bütterling8429/
Butarlin8234/
Butorlin8228/
Buterlyn8210/
Butyrlin821/
Butyrlina782/

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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
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  • 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 Butterlin
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