Butterwood Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Butterwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Butterwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England471:1,185,49155,443
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:541,67528,673
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Butterwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Butterwood is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Butterwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname Butterwood is the 2,220,661st most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 64 percent of Butterwood are found; 64 percent are found in Northern Europe and 64 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 1,185,491. In England it is most numerous in: South Yorkshire, where 57 percent are found, Leicestershire, where 19 percent are found and Lincolnshire, where 17 percent are found. Excluding England Butterwood exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Australia, where 16 percent are found.

Butterwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Butterwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Butterwood last name rose 104 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 140 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Butterwood Last Name Statistics demography

Butterwood earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.37% more than the national average, earning $44,172 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Butterwooth861/
Butterwoth807/
Butterwa782/
Buttervoth707/
Butterwatt701/
Butterwath700/
Buterba591/
Butirwa591/
Bouterba562/
Bouterbaa531/
Bothirwoth506/
Buterbauth504/

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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 Butterwood
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