Nutter Surname
Approximately 13,291 people bear this surname
Nutter Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the nutter', a dealer in nuts. The surmise is quite a natural one, but I have not discovered any proof, which always makes a definition of this sort unsatisfactory, v. Neatherd for another explanation.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,481 | 1:34,582 | 4,310 |
| England | 1,868 | 1:29,828 | 4,007 |
| Canada | 334 | 1:110,316 | 11,818 |
| Australia | 264 | 1:102,256 | 11,519 |
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| Scotland | 33 | 1:162,237 | 9,329 |
| Argentina | 29 | 1:1,473,911 | 82,038 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| New Zealand | 24 | 1:188,680 | 19,801 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:193,408 | 12,484 |
| Jersey | 14 | 1:7,086 | 1,520 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| Isle of Man | 9 | 1:9,536 | 2,057 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 14 | 1:316,419 | 12,423 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,272 | 1:10,729 | 1,637 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,422 | 1:20,734 | 2,627 |
Nutter (22) may also be a first name.
Nutter Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the nutter', a dealer in nuts. The surmise is quite a natural one, but I have not discovered any proof, which always makes a definition of this sort unsatisfactory, v. Neatherd for another explanation.
1611. William Nutter, Yorkshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1617. George Nutter, Lancashire: ibid.
1617. John Nutter, of Pendle: Wills at Chester.
1620.—James Nutter, of Burnley: ibid.
The name was strongly represented in Pendle and the neighbourhood of Whalley Abbey, Lancashire. The above are only two out of many of these Will-names. One large branch of this name seems evidently to have sprung up in this district.
1747. Married — James Nutter and Elizabeth Freeman: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
(English) 1 Nut-Dealer [Old English hnutu + the agential suff. -ere] (rarely) 2 a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Noðhere [Old English noð, boldness + here, army]
(English) One who collected and sold nuts.
Nutter has the same origin, from Nuthalgh, through Nuthow and Nutto. The Nutters were master foresters and keepers of the Chace of Trawden in the 15th century: in the time of Elizabeth one of the family was steward of Pendle: Ellis Nutter was for 33 years master of Burnley School during last century (W. W.).
Nutter Demographics
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Nutter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nutter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nutter occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nutter? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nutter is the 39,496th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 548,307 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Nutter reside; 81 percent reside in North America and 81 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Nutter is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 22 people.
The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 10,481 people, or 1 in 34,582. In The United States Nutter is mostly found in: Ohio, where 12 percent live, West Virginia, where 10 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 45 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.
Nutter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Nutter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nutter last name rose 433 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 18 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 471 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Nutter Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Episcopalian (86%) in Ireland.
In The United States Nutter are 6.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.46% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Nutter earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 167.28% more than the national average, earning R 635,160 per year; in United States they earn 2.64% less than the national average, earning $42,010 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.58% less than the national average, earning $48,399 CAD per year.
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