Butterworth Surname

22,003rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,715 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Butterworth Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Butterworth,' an ancient division of the parish of Rochdale, Lancashire This surname has ramified in the most extraordinary manner. We meet with it in every village and town in Lancashire, and it has wandered into all the English colonies.

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Butterworth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11,2711:4,943686
United States6,3761:56,8476,765
Australia3,9171:6,8921,008
Canada9751:37,7904,767
New Zealand5211:8,6921,505
South Africa3661:148,02716,857
Wales3511:8,816974
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Scotland1871:28,6303,007
Paraguay581:124,7712,739
Spain441:1,062,54638,570
Northern Ireland371:49,8664,222
Ireland281:168,1767,397
Isle of Man281:3,065663
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
Malta241:17,9281,021
Thailand231:3,071,232294,953
France221:3,019,215204,848
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
Bermuda191:3,436515
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Norway91:571,36544,190
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
China41:341,830,39216,990
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Egypt21:45,967,877132,655
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Anguilla11:13,436792
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England10,6961:2,279324
Scotland411:91,2984,744
Wales211:74,6863,520
Isle of Man101:5,427530
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4771:34,0004,070

Butterworth (31) may also be a first name.

Butterworth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Butterworth,' an ancient division of the parish of Rochdale, Lancashire This surname has ramified in the most extraordinary manner. We meet with it in every village and town in Lancashire, and it has wandered into all the English colonies.

Reginald de Boterworth, temp. Henry II: Baines' Lancashire.

John Butterworth, of Butterworth, 1595: Wills at Chester.

Alice Butterworth, of Rochdale, 1587: ibid.

1661. Baptised — Margarett, d. Robert Butterworth: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1766. Married — Joseph Butterworth and Jane Moss: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Buttervorth (Lancs): v. under Butter, and + Old English worð, 'estate,’ 'farm.’ Alward de Buterwurth, A.D. 1246.—Lanc. Assize-Rolls.

Henry de Boterworth, A.D. 1310.—Lanc. Fines.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Butterworth (butter farm), in Lancashire.

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

A township in Lancashire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Lancashire.

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

The Butterworths were an ancient knightly family of Belfield in Spotland from the 15th to the 17th century; they were lords of the manor of Butterworth as far back as the reign of Henry II., and from it they derived their name (W. W.). There were several representatives of the name in Rochdale in the 16th century (F.), and it still occurs there. Butterworth is a Lancashire township.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Butterworth Last Name Facts

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

Butterworth is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Butterworth? popularity and diffusion

The last name Butterworth is the 22,003rd most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 294,863 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 49 percent of Butterworth reside; 48 percent reside in Northern Europe and 48 percent reside in British Isles. Butterworth is also the 1,874,099th most frequent given name worldwide, held by 31 people.

It is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 11,271 people, or 1 in 4,943. In England Butterworth is most prevalent in: Greater Manchester, where 24 percent are found, Lancashire, where 11 percent are found and West Yorkshire, where 10 percent are found. Barring England this last name is found in 70 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent are found and Australia, where 16 percent are found.

Butterworth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Butterworth has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Butterworth surname grew 105 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 432 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,671 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 456 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 467 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Butterworth Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Anglican (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Butterworth surname are 14.07% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.84% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Butterworth earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 68.68% more than the national average, earning 583,756 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 60.81% more than the national average, earning R 382,140 per year; in United States they earn 8.79% more than the national average, earning $46,940 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.31% more than the national average, earning $52,816 CAD per year.

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