Button Surname
Approximately 23,502 people bear this surname
Button Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Button,' probably, as suggested by Mr. Lower, an early variant of Bitton, a parish in Gloucestershire.
John de Buttone, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
For another John of this name, v.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9,769 | 1:37,103 | 4,598 |
| England | 6,114 | 1:9,113 | 1,329 |
| Australia | 3,255 | 1:8,294 | 1,228 |
| Canada | 1,766 | 1:20,864 | 2,876 |
| South Africa | 972 | 1:55,738 | 7,081 |
| Wales | 388 | 1:7,976 | 886 |
| New Zealand | 359 | 1:12,614 | 2,199 |
| Israel | 297 | 1:28,814 | 4,138 |
| Scotland | 70 | 1:76,483 | 5,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 53 | 1:291,288 | 29,631 |
| Indonesia | 43 | 1:3,075,563 | 171,061 |
| Germany | 42 | 1:1,916,797 | 106,618 |
| Spain | 35 | 1:1,335,772 | 43,485 |
| Belgium | 31 | 1:370,859 | 40,209 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Northern Ireland | 25 | 1:73,801 | 5,249 |
| Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| United Arab Emirates | 16 | 1:572,642 | 23,583 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 1:492,207 | 16,355 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,468 | 1:7,029 | 1,091 |
| Wales | 79 | 1:19,853 | 1,156 |
| Scotland | 19 | 1:197,011 | 7,414 |
| Guernsey | 9 | 1:3,628 | 639 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:9,045 | 877 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,925 | 1:17,169 | 2,188 |
Button (280) may also be a first name.
Button Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Button,' probably, as suggested by Mr. Lower, an early variant of Bitton, a parish in Gloucestershire.
John de Buttone, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
For another John of this name, v. ibid.
1568. Ambrose Button, Wiltshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1578-9. Henry Button, Wiltshire: ibid.
1580- Richard Button, Staffordshire: ibid.
1683-4. Robert Smyth and Ann Button: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).
(A. - French - Teutonic) 1 metonymic for Buttoner, Buttner, q.v.
2 the French Buton, Botton, &c.: v. under Butt (Anglo-French-Teut.)i and + the diminutive suff. -on, Latin -on-em.
(English) One who came from Bitton (homestead on Boyd River), in Gloucestershire.
The pedigree of the Hampshire family was traced to the XIII. cent. as De Button; and as it was sometimes spelt Bitton it may have been derived from the parish of Bitton, co. Gloucester. In Sussex, Burton is often pronounced Button.
This is doubtless a local name. The pedigree of the Hampshire family is found written De Button, and Lower says it was sometimes spelt Bitton, and may be derived from the parish of Bitton co. Gloucester; and that in Sussex Burton is often pronounced Button.
From the French, Boutin, Bouton, Butant; a personal name.
Button: Buttoner - a maker of buttons.
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Button Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Button Come From? nationality or country of origin
Button is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Button? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 23,077th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 310,082 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 40 percent of Button reside; 40 percent reside in North America and 39 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Button is also the 530,161st most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 280 people.
Button is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 9,769 people, or 1 in 37,103. In The United States Button is most common in: Texas, where 6 percent live, Florida, where 6 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 5 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 77 countries. It is also found in England, where 26 percent live and Australia, where 14 percent live.
Button Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Button has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Button surname increased 334 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 176 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 491 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 368 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 56 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Button Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (56%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Button surname are 23.11% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.88% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Button earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 22.04% more than the national average, earning R 290,016 per year; in United States they earn 3.52% more than the national average, earning $44,666 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.56% more than the national average, earning $49,960 CAD per year.
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