Buttery Surname
Approximately 4,409 people bear this surname
Buttery Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title. 'at the buttery.' The keeper of the butlery, or store for liquor; 'buttery-bar' (Shakespeare). Skeat. Early corrupted to buttery. 'Boterye, celariunt, boteria, pincernaculum': Promptorium Parvulorum.
Read More About This SurnameButtery Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,245 | 1:24,819 | 3,418 |
| United States | 1,106 | 1:327,721 | 29,754 |
| Australia | 548 | 1:49,262 | 6,140 |
| Canada | 251 | 1:146,795 | 15,033 |
| New Zealand | 58 | 1:78,075 | 11,384 |
| Scotland | 53 | 1:101,015 | 6,880 |
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Wales | 28 | 1:110,519 | 8,545 |
| Ireland | 23 | 1:204,736 | 8,142 |
| Isle of Man | 15 | 1:5,721 | 1,243 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,124 | 1:21,686 | 3,073 |
| Scotland | 28 | 1:133,686 | 5,889 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:156,842 | 6,008 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 184 | 1:272,928 | 22,173 |
Buttery Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title. 'at the buttery.' The keeper of the butlery, or store for liquor; 'buttery-bar' (Shakespeare). Skeat. Early corrupted to buttery. 'Boterye, celariunt, boteria, pincernaculum': Promptorium Parvulorum.
Richard of the Botery, Close Roll, 8 Henry IV.
'The Kitchine, West Larder, Paintree, Butterie, Lawrie, Backhouse, and Bruhouse': Whitaker's Craven.
'To the Drawer of the Buttry...': Privy Purse Exp., Princess Mary.
1530-1. John Butterey and Elizabeth Burnell: Marriage Lic. (London).
1669. Baptised — Mary. d. of John Butterye: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1670. Robert Pargetter and Cassandra Buttery: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).
(Anglo-French) Keeper of a Buttery [Middle English boterye, ’&c., an assimilated form of Middle English botelerie, a butlery, butler’s place: v. under Butler]
Probably analogous to Kitchen, Chamber, &c. It may however be a corruption of Botreaux.
Roger de Boteri, Alvered, John, and Roger occur in Normandy 1180-98 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); William Boter in Gloucester c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
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Buttery Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buttery Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buttery is most common in England. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Buttery? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 106,113th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,652,880 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Buttery reside; 54 percent reside in Northern Europe and 54 percent reside in British Isles.
This surname is most numerous in England, where it is held by 2,245 people, or 1 in 24,819. In England it is most numerous in: Staffordshire, where 9 percent reside, Nottinghamshire, where 8 percent reside and West Midlands, where 8 percent reside. Aside from England this last name is found in 32 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Australia, where 12 percent reside.
Buttery Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Buttery has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Buttery surname increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 601 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 189 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 280 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 1,150 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Buttery Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States Buttery are 21.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.45% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Buttery earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 49.3% less than the national average, earning R 120,480 per year; in United States they earn 5.58% less than the national average, earning $40,742 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.64% more than the national average, earning $49,999 CAD per year.
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