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.
Read More About This SurnameButtrey Surname Distribution Map
| 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.
Buttrey Demographics
Average Buttrey Salary in
United States
$45,889 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Buttrey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buttrey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buttrey is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Buttrey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buttrey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 242,504th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 4,427,428 people. The last name 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.
It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 1,446 people, or 1 in 250,663. In The United States it is most frequent in: Tennessee, where 34 percent are found, California, where 6 percent are found and Missouri, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 5 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
Buttrey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Buttrey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Buttrey last name expanded 2,037 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 18 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Buttrey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Buttrey surname are 11.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.25% being 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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