Better Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 3
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 2
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 3
Surrey 2
Sussex 6
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 10
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Better Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Better family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 6
Independent 3
Hackler 1
Sawyer 1
Apprentice Carpenter 1
Male Servant 1
Brokers Clerk 1
Chandler 1
Pilot 1
Shopwright 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Better

Name Census Frequency
John Better 23
William Better 22
Mary Better 20
James Better 15
Elizabeth Better 14
Sarah Better 12
Jane Better 9
Ann Better 8
Thomas Better 8
Charles Better 7
Eliza Better 7
Frederick Better 7
George Better 7
Henry Better 7
Caroline Better 5
Kate Better 5
Alice Better 4
David Better 4
Edith Better 4
Edward Better 4
Emma Better 4
Harriet Better 4
Joseph Better 4
Louisa Better 4
Robert Better 4

Better Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Butter 83% 36,633
2 Batter 83% 5,972
3 Beater 83% 561
4 Botter 83% 427
5 Better 100% 336
6 Bitter 83% 140
7 Battier 71% 134
8 Beatter 86% 101

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The surname Better is the 5th most popular variant of Butter.

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