Butcher is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.
How popular is Butcher?
Butcher is common in England.
Butcher is ranked 9073 on our list.
Despite the fact that the number of Butcher bearers increased by 4.081171 per cent in 2010 US census to 22978 since 2000, the surname slipped by 89 spots and ranked at 1567. The last name was found in around 78 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
Race | 2010 | 2000 |
White | 84.6 | 86.73 |
Black | 9.04 | 8.38 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2.87 | 1.9 |
Others | 1.88 | 1.69 |
American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.12 | 0.95 |
Asian and Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander | 0.49 | 0.36 |
Butcher is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Saint Lucia is ahead in terms of density. Around 59388 people have been found who wears Butcher as their family name. Butcher is used widely across the globe.
More detailed information can be found below: RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,318
China8
98,953
Belarus7
1,346
Bermuda6
567,967
Indonesia6
8,582
Japan6
13,220
Thailand6
103,755
Czech Republic5
13,374
Qatar5
144,439
Kazakhstan4
3,044
Zambia4
46,068
Philippines3
2,967
Vietnam3
457
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3
2,720
South Korea3
4,554
Guatemala3
1,647
Fiji3
3,752
Iraq3
2,935
Angola3
3,340
Jamaica3
10,762
Hungary3
108,034
Italy3
3,014
Taiwan2
95,312
Argentina2
20,035
Uzbekistan2
5,936
Bahrain2
931
Sierra Leone2
3,791
Namibia2
19,093
Finland2
31,767
Greece2
44,018
Poland2
34,681
Norway2
2,823
Papua New Guinea2
37,779
Serbia1
13,606
Senegal1
14,373
Jordan1
1,486
Northern Mariana Islands1
356
Eritrea1
734
Chad1
28,746
Algeria1
7,191
Afghanistan1
49,529
Israel1
2,057
Isle of Man1
11,486
Estonia1
29,595
Iran1
9,116
Nicaragua1
4,942
Libya1
50,307
Saudi Arabia1
2,877
Cuba1
2,613
The Bahamas1
16,228
Bulgaria1
34,581
Chile1
880
Djibouti1
8,500
Dominican Republic1
6,033
Benin1
24,460
Armenia1
1,879
Belize1
2,309
Monaco1
12,741
Ecuador1
1,572
Macau1
48,575
Azerbaijan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,376
Singapore47
341
United States Virgin Islands42
31,692
Zimbabwe40
37,591
Belgium37
28,564
Switzerland36
3,075
Cyprus34
119,358
Ukraine32
42,407
Sweden22
214
British Virgin Islands20
90,060
Germany19
606
Guernsey18
52,730
United Arab Emirates17
1,163
Jersey17
514,808
India14
10,080
Egypt13
646
Cayman Islands11
481
Gibraltar11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,251
Guyana100
9,807
Denmark59
7,402
Portugal55
39,248
Netherlands53
Countries with hundreds of Butcher:
429
Wales835
1,036
Scotland774
32,218
Brazil366
12,518
Mexico340
201
Barbados326
31,236
France318
101
Saint Lucia273
1,416
Panama261
1,273
Northern Ireland227
16,232
Spain199
1,086
Trinidad and Tobago185
75,153
Russia170
31,070
Turkey140
1,845
Hong Kong130
13,194
Malaysia126
3,646
Ireland104
Countries with thousands of Butcher:
502
Australia5,877
2,358
South Africa2,758
2,221
Canada2,272
514
New Zealand1,269
Countries with ten thousands of Butcher:
1,541
United States25,415
400
England16,186
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Immigrants to US
From Ireland
Workman William Butcher from Great Britain aboard the Gliddon from London during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 33 years old when he arrived in USA on October 5, 1846. Catharine Butcher, aged 37, Henry Butcher, aged 13, William Butcher, aged 10, James Butcher, aged 6, Maria Butcher, aged 20, 45 years old James Butcher, James Butcher (24) Workman, James Butcher (20) Workman, and 2 other Butcher around 66.67% of whom were workman migrated to US.
Butcher Namesakes
- Abdullah the Butcher, Professional wrestler
- Jim Butcher, Author
- Abdullah the Butcher, Professional wrestler
- Clyde Butcher, Photographer
- Alan Butcher, Cricketer
- Abdullah the Butcher, Professional wrestler
- Jim Butcher, Author
- Matt Butcher, Singer
- Basil Butcher, Cricket Player
- Paul Butcher, Actor
- Joseph Butcher, from 2015 drama and romance movie Do You Remember?, who played the Thomas.
- Sarah Butcher played key role of Bounty Hunter in 2008 action, adventure film Unique ID.
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