How common is the surname Butters?

3,025 people in the United States had the surname Butters in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,065 Americans. It ranked 10,593rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Butters?

Julia Butters, American actress (born 2009).

Where is the surname Butters most common?

Wikidata records people named Butters in the United States.

Is the surname Butters getting more or less common?

More common. 2,604 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,025 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Butters

A Norman occupational surname, carried by 3,025 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Butters is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

A variant of Butter, or alternatively an occupational surname for a worker in a wine cellar, from Norman boterie (“wine cellar”) + genitive -s.

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

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,025 people named Butters in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,065 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,604.

#10,593

rank among US surnames

3,025

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+16.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,171)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,584	Vidrine	3,029	101,930
#10,587	Biller	3,028	101,964
#10,589	Stgeorge	3,026	102,031
#10,593	Butters	3,025	102,065
#10,596	Coan	3,024	102,098
#10,598	Chumley	3,022	102,166
#10,601	Boice	3,021	102,200

Who is named Butters

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

91% of people named Butters identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Butterss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Julia Butters
American actress (born 2009)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Butters

Butters has the Soundex code B362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B362.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Butters come from?: A variant of Butter, or alternatively an occupational surname for a worker in a wine cellar, from Norman boterie (“wine cellar”) + genitive -s.
How common is the surname Butters?: 3,025 people in the United States had the surname Butters in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,065 Americans. It ranked 10,593rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Butters?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Butters identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Butters?: Julia Butters, American actress (born 2009).
Where is the surname Butters most common?: Wikidata records people named Butters in the United States.
What type of surname is Butters?: Butters is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Butters getting more or less common?: More common. 2,604 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,025 in 2010, up 16%.