Butwright Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Butwright Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Butwright Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:2,785,90397,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371

Butwright Last Name Facts

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

Butwright occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Butwright? popularity and diffusion

The last name Butwright is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Butwright occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Butwright live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

Butwright is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 2,785,903. In England it is mostly concentrated in: West Sussex, where 30 percent live, Lincolnshire, where 25 percent live and Norfolk, where 25 percent live.

Butwright Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Butwright has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Butwright last name grew 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Butwright
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