How common is the surname Butts?

23,227 people in the United States had the surname Butts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,293 Americans. It ranked 1,548th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Butts?

Alfred Mosher Butts, American designer and architect; creator of Scrabble (1899–1993), followed by James Butts.

Where is the surname Butts most common?

Wikidata records people named Butts in the United States.

Is the surname Butts getting more or less common?

Less common. 23,540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,227 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Butts

A surname, carried by 23,227 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Butts is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 23,227 people named Butts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,293 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,540.

#1,548

rank among US surnames

23,227

people in 2010

7.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,381)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,539	Dubois	23,366	13,213
#1,540	Feldman	23,356	13,219
#1,541	Coker	23,348	13,224
#1,542	Dickey	23,320	13,240
#1,543	Pollock	23,310	13,245
#1,544	Kimball	23,293	13,255
#1,545	Rainey	23,291	13,256

Who is named Butts

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

65% of people named Butts identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 30%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Buttss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alfred Mosher Butts
American designer and architect; creator of Scrabble (1899–1993)
James Butts
American triple jumper, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Butts

Butts has the Soundex code B320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B320.

Questions

How common is the surname Butts?: 23,227 people in the United States had the surname Butts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,293 Americans. It ranked 1,548th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Butts?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Butts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Butts?: Alfred Mosher Butts, American designer and architect; creator of Scrabble (1899–1993), followed by James Butts.
Where is the surname Butts most common?: Wikidata records people named Butts in the United States.
Is the surname Butts getting more or less common?: Less common. 23,540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,227 in 2010, down 1.3%.