Buttery Surname

106,113th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,409 people bear this surname

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

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.

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Buttery Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,2451:24,8193,418
United States1,1061:327,72129,754
Australia5481:49,2626,140
Canada2511:146,79515,033
New Zealand581:78,07511,384
Scotland531:101,0156,880
South Africa391:1,389,17274,222
Wales281:110,5198,545
Ireland231:204,7368,142
Isle of Man151:5,7211,243
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
France21:33,211,361423,184
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1241:21,6863,073
Scotland281:133,6865,889
Wales101:156,8426,008
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1841:272,92822,173

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).

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

(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]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Probably analogous to Kitchen, Chamber, &c. It may however be a corruption of Botreaux.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Roger de Boteri, Alvered, John, and Roger occur in Normandy 1180-98 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); William Boter in Gloucester c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

Buttery Last Name Facts

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

Buttery has its highest incidence in England. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buttery? popularity and diffusion

The surname Buttery is the 106,113th most prevalent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,652,880 people. The last name Buttery is mostly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Buttery are found; 54 percent are found in Northern Europe and 54 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 2,245 people, or 1 in 24,819. In England it is mostly found in: Staffordshire, where 9 percent are found, Nottinghamshire, where 8 percent are found and West Midlands, where 8 percent are found. Excluding England this surname exists in 32 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Australia, where 12 percent are found.

Buttery Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Buttery has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Buttery last name expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 601 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 189 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 280 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 1,150 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Buttery Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Buttery last name is primarily Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Buttery surname are 21.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.45% being registered to vote for the political 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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bouttery9329/
Butterey932/
Butterry930/
Butery9249/
Butteri86724/
Buttera86292/
Bottery8654/
Boutery8614/
Buttere861/
Buttary860/
Buterry860/
Butteris80216/
Butterer80184/
Buttieri80154/
Bouteiry8033/
Butteree8016/
Bouterey8014/
Bouthery8011/
Bouttary805/
Bouttera805/
Botterey802/
Bouterry801/
Butteres801/
Butterio801/
Butera7752,400/
Butere77362/
Buteri77159/
Botery771/
Butteriss75212/
Boutteiri7518/
Butterich7516/
Buttereit7512/
Buttierre759/
Boutteyre752/
Butteress751/
Bouteiriy751/
Boutteraa751/
Boutterid751/
Boutterra751/
Boutterie750/
Boutera711,454/
Botteri711,154/
Buttari71966/
Buteera71500/
Buterez71272/
Butieri7182/
Bhuteri7147/
Buteres7147/
Buterer7136/
Buttori7126/
Bottera7124/
Buttiri7115/
Vottery7115/
Bhutera7114/
Vuttera7110/
Bottere717/
Butiere717/
Buterre717/
Bouteri716/
Buteara716/
Busteri715/
Buteere712/
Buthera712/
Buterea711/
Boteiry711/
Bhutiry711/
Buteris711/
Buiteri711/
Buterai711/
Butaere711/
Boutéry711/
Butyrer711/
Butoryi711/
Buttare710/
Bouteraa6710,946/
Bouterra67935/
Bouteyre67440/
Boutiere67273/
Bouterie67155/
Bottieri67121/
Bouterai6795/
Bouterea6778/
Butierre6741/
Bhutoriy6729/
Butierri6724/
Bouteiri6723/
Bouteris6722/
Bouterzi6716/
Bouteira6712/
Bhutaray6710/
Bouterid679/
Bouterre678/
Buttaraj678/
Bhuttari677/
Bouteret677/
Boutehra675/
Bouterâa675/
Bouttore675/
Boutieri675/
Bautieri674/
Boutairy673/
Buterich673/
Butgerei672/
Bouthera672/
Bouteràa672/
Bautiere672/
Bouttari672/
Butheres672/
Bouteyra671/
Vutheary671/
Botterie671/
Butierra671/
Bouterha671/
Bouteriz671/
Bouterés671/
Botterri671/
Buterres670/
Bottiera670/

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