Buttrey Surname
Approximately 1,646 people bear this surname
Buttrey 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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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,446 | 1:250,663 | 23,832 |
| Australia | 88 | 1:306,769 | 26,711 |
| Canada | 53 | 1:695,200 | 56,020 |
| England | 53 | 1:1,051,284 | 51,324 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 65 | 1:375,006 | 23,176 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 71 | 1:707,305 | 45,577 |
Buttrey 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.
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Buttrey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buttrey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buttrey is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buttrey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 242,504th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 4,427,428 people. The surname Buttrey is mostly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Buttrey reside; 91 percent reside in North America and 91 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,446 people, or 1 in 250,663. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Tennessee, where 34 percent reside, California, where 6 percent reside and Missouri, where 6 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 5 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.
Buttrey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Buttrey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Buttrey surname grew 2,037 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 18 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Buttrey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Buttrey last name are 11.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.25% registered with the political party.
The amount Buttrey earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 6.35% more than the national average, earning $45,889 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.47% more than the national average, earning $52,897 CAD per year.
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