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    The surname Buttram

    A surname, carried by 2,103 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B365

    Buttram: #14,252 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Buttram #14,252, 2,103 people Buttram: #14,252 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Buttram #14,252, 2,103 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buttram is more common than 91.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,103 people named Buttram in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,812 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,944.

    #14,252
    rank among US surnames
    2,103
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #14,176)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,247Mikhail2,105146,672
    #14,248Przybylski2,104146,742
    #14,252Buttram2,103146,812
    #14,257Seyler2,102146,882

    Who is named Buttram

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

    88% of people named Buttram identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Buttrams

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Pat Buttram
      American actor (1915-1994)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Buttram

    Buttram has the Soundex code B365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B365.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Buttram?
    2,103 people in the United States had the surname Buttram in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,812 Americans. It ranked 14,252nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Buttram?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Buttram identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Buttram?
    Pat Buttram, American actor (1915-1994).
    Where is the surname Buttram most common?
    Wikidata records people named Buttram in the United States.
    Is the surname Buttram getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,103 in 2010, up 8.2%.