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    The surname Buttler

    A surname, carried by 1,489 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B346

    Buttler: #18,529 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Buttler #18,529, 1,489 people Buttler: #18,529 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Buttler #18,529, 1,489 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buttler is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,489 people named Buttler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,351 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,223.

    #18,529
    rank among US surnames
    1,489
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21.7%
    change since 2000 (was #20,247)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,523Gillaspie1,490207,212
    #18,529Spady1,489207,351

    Who is named Buttler

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

    73% of people named Buttler identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.6%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Buttler

    Buttler has the Soundex code B346, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B346.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Buttler?
    1,489 people in the United States had the surname Buttler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,351 Americans. It ranked 18,529th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Buttler?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Buttler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Buttler getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,489 in 2010, up 22%.