Sowerbutts Surname

562,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 563 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Sowerbutts Surname Definition:

This looks very like a nickname. A brewer of bad beer would easily acquire the title. Nevertheless, it may be but a compound of butt, a mark to shoot at, and represent some long-forgotten spot. It is a Lancashire surname, and is still familiar to that county.

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Sowerbutts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4271:130,48712,922
Australia351:771,30649,759
United States331:10,983,604436,696
New Zealand301:150,94417,319
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3521:69,2487,797
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Sowerbutts Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This looks very like a nickname. A brewer of bad beer would easily acquire the title. Nevertheless, it may be but a compound of butt, a mark to shoot at, and represent some long-forgotten spot. It is a Lancashire surname, and is still familiar to that county. It sprang up in the neighbourhood of Preston.

Robert Sowerbutts, 1682: Preston Guild Rolls.

James Sowerbutts, 1682: ibid.

The earlier form is found in the following:

William Sowerbutt, of Cadate Field (Preston), 1559. Cecilia Sorbutt, of Chepyn, 1562.

In the same record a hundred years later appears:

Arthur Sowerbutts, of Ribchester (near Preston), 1676: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(? Scandinavian) No sufficiently early forms of this (Lanc.) name have been found on which to base a definite etymology, but it is not unreasonable to assume that the second element is the pl. of the North. Dialectal English but(t, ‘a small piece of ground,' 'a garden-plot’, in which case the first element may well represent the Old Norse saurr, ‘mud.’ The name of one William S——, who is several times mentioned in Lanc. Fines a.d. 1503-09, is variously spelt Sourbutts, Sourbytts, Sourebuttes, Sowerbotts, Sowerbuttis.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Lancashire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Sowerbutts Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sowerbutts is found most in England. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sowerbutts? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 562,869th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,944,131 people. The last name Sowerbutts is predominantly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Sowerbutts live; 77 percent live in Northern Europe and 77 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 427 people, or 1 in 130,487. In England Sowerbutts is most prevalent in: Lancashire, where 21 percent are found, Greater London, where 10 percent are found and Greater Manchester, where 9 percent are found. Apart from England this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Sowerbutts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sowerbutts has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Sowerbutts surname grew 121 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 1,650 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sowerbutts Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sowerbutts are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sowerbutts earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 5.76% more than the national average, earning $45,633 USD per year and in Canada they earn 46% more than the national average, earning $72,535 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sower-Butts951/
Sowerbuts950/
Soworbutts901/
Sowerbatts900/
Sourbutts84115/
Sarbutts7897/
Sourbuts7815/
Sorbets71207/
Surbuts7131/
Serputs711/
Serbtsa711/
Serbets711/
Sourbets67192/
Serbatos6712/
Sributsi671/
Serobtse671/
Sourbits671/
Sorbetes671/

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