How common is the surname Butcher?

22,978 people in the United States had the surname Butcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,437 Americans. It ranked 1,567th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Butcher?

Jim Butcher, American author (born 1971), followed by Paul Butcher.

Where is the surname Butcher most common?

Wikidata records people named Butcher in the United States.

Is the surname Butcher getting more or less common?

More common. 22,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,978 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Butcher

An occupational surname, carried by 22,978 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Butcher is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a butcher.

Butcher is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 22,978 people named Butcher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,437 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,077.

#1,567

rank among US surnames

22,978

people in 2010

7.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,478)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,558	Samuel	23,125	13,351
#1,559	Lacy	23,110	13,360
#1,560	Gallo	23,056	13,391
#1,561	Egan	23,048	13,396
#1,562	Aldridge	23,034	13,404
#1,563	Swenson	23,009	13,418
#1,564	Swan	23,001	13,423

Who is named Butcher

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

85% of people named Butcher identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Butchers

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jim Butcher
American author (born 1971)
Paul Butcher
American actor, born 1994
Will Butcher
American professional ice hockey defenceman, born 1995
Donnie Butcher
American basketball player and coach (1936–2012)
Susan Butcher
American dog musher, noteworthy as the second woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Rac, 1954–2006
Necro Butcher
American professional wrestler, born 1973

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Butcher

Butcher has the Soundex code B326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B326.

Questions

How common is the surname Butcher?: 22,978 people in the United States had the surname Butcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,437 Americans. It ranked 1,567th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Butcher?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Butcher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Butcher?: Jim Butcher, American author (born 1971), followed by Paul Butcher.
Where is the surname Butcher most common?: Wikidata records people named Butcher in the United States.
What type of surname is Butcher?: Butcher is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Butcher getting more or less common?: More common. 22,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,978 in 2010, up 4.1%.