How common is the surname Butera?

2,965 people in the United States had the surname Butera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,130 Americans. It ranked 10,758th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Butera?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Butera identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Butera?

Butera Jane Knowless, A prominent Rwandan pop artist, followed by Sam Butera.

Where is the surname Butera most common?

Wikidata records people named Butera in Rwanda and the United States.

Is the surname Butera getting more or less common?

More common. 2,841 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,965 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Butera

An Italian surname, carried by 2,965 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Butera is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Butera.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,965 people named Butera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,130 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,841.

#10,758

rank among US surnames

2,965

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,394)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,751	Caffey	2,968	104,025
#10,755	Moloney	2,967	104,060
#10,756	Bellard	2,966	104,095
#10,758	Butera	2,965	104,130
#10,763	Campanella	2,964	104,165
#10,765	Center	2,963	104,200

Who is named Butera

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

95% of people named Butera identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Buteras

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Butera Jane Knowless
A prominent Rwandan pop artist, born 1990
Sam Butera
American musician (1927–2009)

Notable Buteras come mostly from Rwanda (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Butera

Butera has the Soundex code B360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B360.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Butera come from?: Borrowed from Italian Butera.
How common is the surname Butera?: 2,965 people in the United States had the surname Butera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,130 Americans. It ranked 10,758th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Butera?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Butera identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Butera?: Butera Jane Knowless, A prominent Rwandan pop artist, followed by Sam Butera.
Where is the surname Butera most common?: Wikidata records people named Butera in Rwanda and the United States.
Is the surname Butera getting more or less common?: More common. 2,841 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,965 in 2010, up 4.4%.