Buttress Surname

285,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,344 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Buttress 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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Buttress Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5651:98,61610,437
United States2481:1,461,528100,066
South Africa2291:236,58424,342
Australia1941:139,15314,991
Canada351:1,052,73178,176
Scotland261:205,91610,908
Wales211:147,35910,403
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4001:60,9387,112
Scotland81:467,90212,875
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Buttress 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

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

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A corruption of Botreux.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Buttress Last Name Facts

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

The last name Buttress is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buttress? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 285,960th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 5,422,281 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 47 percent of Buttress live; 46 percent live in Northern Europe and 46 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 565 people, or 1 in 98,616. In England it is most numerous in: Cambridgeshire, where 16 percent live, Nottinghamshire, where 9 percent live and West Midlands, where 6 percent live. Apart from England this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent live and South Africa, where 17 percent live.

Buttress Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Buttress has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 141 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 4,960 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 325 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Buttress Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Buttress surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Buttress surname are 2.35% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.88% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Buttress earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 46.76% more than the national average, earning R 348,756 per year; in United States they earn 4.93% less than the national average, earning $41,021 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.69% more than the national average, earning $65,926 CAD per year.

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Buitress881/
Buttries880/
Buttreas880/
Buress86293/
Butres8644/
Buttre868/
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Buttrey801,646/
Boutres801,641/
Buttree80147/
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Butriss807/
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Bureess802/
Buttris801/
Beuress801/
Bhutres801/
Bouress801/
Burhess801/
Buriess800/
Buresse800/
Buttrer800/
Bures773,048/
Butre7794/
Baureiss7525/
Burrgess7510/
Boutreis759/
Boutries759/
Boutrges754/
Burgeess754/
Bourgess753/
Burgesss752/
Buttrrey752/
Buirgess752/
Boutrese751/
Bhurgess751/
Buttrice751/
Bouresse751/
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Buttrech750/
Burges712,284/
Buresh712,023/
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Buttry71975/
Buitre71797/
Burres71780/
Baures71661/
Boures71152/
Buries71121/
Bautre71106/
Buttra7196/
Boress7191/
Butrei7191/
Butris7185/
Butrey7163/
Wutres7138/
Botres7136/
Buresz7134/
Butrie7131/
Buriss7128/
Bottre7127/
Bhures7125/
Buttri7124/
Buires7111/
Beures7111/
Butree719/
Burese713/
Bhutre712/
Butrer712/
Boutre712/
Bustre712/
Burest712/
Bureis711/
Vuress711/
Burejs711/
Bureys711/
Buthre711/
Burhes710/
Burees710/
Bureas710/
Bureus710/
Buyres710/
Bure677,291/
Bourges674,615/
Burriss672,362/
Buresch671,450/
Bouriss67377/
Baureis67288/
Boutris67231/
Burries67215/
Burgiss67160/
Bouresh67152/
Bouttry6783/
Bauries6778/
Bottrie6752/
Buttray6748/
Burrese6747/
Burgees6742/
Bouries6742/
Borress6739/
Bautris6720/
Burrets6715/
Bureits6714/
Bourets6710/
Burrest679/
Bhuttra678/
Bureish677/
Boutrie676/
Bhurese674/
Buroiss674/
Budtree674/
Bouhres673/
Buztrey672/
Bureshe672/
Bourres672/
Bourzes672/
Bottrey672/
Baureus672/
Burysse671/
Bustrer671/
Buthrie671/
Buresth671/
Burrges671/
Butrice671/
Boutrey671/
Bhuresh671/
Vuttrey671/
Wuitres671/
Wutrzes671/
Boutreh671/
Vustres671/
Burzhes671/
Bustrea671/
Bourest671/
Bouresz671/
Boutrea671/
Boriess671/
Buresht671/
Bourese671/
Voutres671/
Bhutree671/
Beurges671/
Budttri671/
Bourees670/
Bauriss670/
Burrees670/
Bootres670/
Bustret670/
Burioss670/
Burrhes670/
Burreas670/

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