Buter 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 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 6
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 4
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Buter Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Buter family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 3
Agricultural Labourer 1
Apprentice 1
Pauper 1
Shoe Maker 1
Male Servant 1
Sawyer 1
Merchant 1
Shop Keeper 1
Wood Screw Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Buter

Name Census Frequency
John Buter 22
Mary Buter 22
William Buter 17
Elizabeth Buter 12
James Buter 11
George Buter 10
Sarah Buter 9
Henry Buter 7
Charles Buter 6
Emma Buter 6
Joseph Buter 6
Alice Buter 5
Ellen Buter 5
Emily Buter 5
Hannah Buter 5
Thomas Buter 5
Ann Buter 4
Arthur Buter 4
Margaret Buter 4
Samuel Buter 4
Anna Buter 3
Annie Buter 3
Charlotte Buter 3
Edith Buter 3
Eliza Buter 3

Buter Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Butter 83% 36,633
2 Bater 80% 6,451
3 Bouter 83% 606
4 Beater 67% 561
5 Boater 67% 312
6 Buter 100% 295
7 Booter 67% 232

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The surname Buter is the 6th most popular variant of Butter.

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