How common is the surname Buttrey?

1,167 people in the United States had the surname Buttrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,563 Americans. It ranked 22,144th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Buttrey?

Kenny Buttrey, American musician (1945–2004).

Where is the surname Buttrey most common?

Wikidata records people named Buttrey in the United States.

Is the surname Buttrey getting more or less common?

More common. 1,035 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,167 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Buttrey

A Norman surname, carried by 1,167 people in the United States.

2 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). Buttrey is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

A surname from Anglo-Norman.

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 1,167 people named Buttrey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 264,563 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,035.

#22,144

rank among US surnames

1,167

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+12.8%

change since 2000 (was #23,056)

Who is named Buttrey

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

91% of people named Buttrey identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as two or more races and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Buttreys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kenny Buttrey
American musician (1945–2004)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Buttrey

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

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Buttrey come from?: Buttrey is Norman in origin.
How common is the surname Buttrey?: 1,167 people in the United States had the surname Buttrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,563 Americans. It ranked 22,144th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buttrey?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Buttrey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Buttrey?: Kenny Buttrey, American musician (1945–2004).
Where is the surname Buttrey most common?: Wikidata records people named Buttrey in the United States.
Is the surname Buttrey getting more or less common?: More common. 1,035 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,167 in 2010, up 13%.