Butterwick Surname

528,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 613 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Butterwick Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Butterwick: v. under Butter, and + Middle English wick, Old English wíc, ‘a (market-) place,’ also a ‘marsh- pasture.’ The Lincolnshire and North-Riding Butterwicks both occur as Butrvic in Domesday Book, while the East-Riding Butterwick is Butrvid, evidently the following name.

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Butterwick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2161:1,678,051111,588
England2101:265,32421,048
Canada1701:216,73920,919
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2161:112,84910,987
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:896,76254,350

Butterwick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Butterwick: v. under Butter, and + Middle English wick, Old English wíc, ‘a (market-) place,’ also a ‘marsh- pasture.’ The Lincolnshire and North-Riding Butterwicks both occur as Butrvic in Domesday Book, while the East-Riding Butterwick is Butrvid, evidently the following name.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Butterwick Last Name Facts

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

The surname Butterwick is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Butterwick? popularity and diffusion

Butterwick is the 528,243rd most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 11,888,329 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Butterwick live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 216 people, or 1 in 1,678,051. In The United States Butterwick is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 17 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Michigan, where 10 percent live. Other than The United States it is found in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 34 percent live and Canada, where 28 percent live.

Butterwick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Butterwick has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 386 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 3 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 450 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Butterwick Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Butterwick surname are 26.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.47% registered with the political party.

The amount Butterwick earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 9.81% less than the national average, earning $38,914 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.86% more than the national average, earning $53,587 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Butterweck901,231/
Butterwek840/
Botterweck80176/
Boutorwick8055/
Bouterweck8011/
Butterweek801/
Butterveck800/
Bouterbik74119/
Bouterwek7427/
Butterweg743/
Botterweg63171/
Boterweg565/

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