Butt is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Germany, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Butt
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, Germany, England
Meaning:

The surname Butt is variant of Bott. Local—in the Hundred Rolls De Botte, county of Norfolk. Perhaps, sometimes the German bote, messenger. Scholars think Botton, Botten, Botting, etc., modifications of the same word.

Butt is the variant form of the Bute. A great island of Scotland.

But—the name of several places in the arrondissement of Falaise.

How popular is Butt?

Butt is common in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, England, India, United Arab Emirates, Canada, United States, Australia, Germany, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Spain, Oman, New Zealand, South Africa, Norway, Scotland, Philippines, Wales, Bangladesh, Ghana, Yemen, Belgium, Netherlands, Macau, Thailand, Hong Kong, Sweden, Ireland, Russia, Jamaica, Greece, Nigeria, Malaysia, Egypt, Kenya, France.

Butt is ranked 1472 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Butt bearers increased by 4.28 per cent in 2010 US census to 7020 since 2000, the surname slipped by 213 spots and ranked at 5007. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 55.58 64.78
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 37.02 24.18
Others 3.03 6.36
Black 2.22 2.78
Hispanic or Latino 1.81 1.71
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.33 0.19
Butt is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Pakistan which signifies its Pakistan provenence. Around 364813 people have been found who wears Butt as their family name. Butt is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Butt:
102 Pakistan278,482
Countries with ten thousands of Butt:
204 Saudi Arabia16,616
479 England15,797
3,764 India13,960
Countries with thousands of Butt:
123 United Arab Emirates8,257
757 Canada7,063
6,988 United States6,133
1,183 Australia3,410
5,458 Germany1,943
258 Kuwait1,861
116 Bahrain1,381
Countries with hundreds of Butt:
233 Qatar914
6,027 Spain694
780 Oman674
1,363 New Zealand565
11,716 South Africa564
1,147 Norway495
1,803 Scotland380
39,801 Philippines372
938 Wales367
11,259 Bangladesh360
7,799 Ghana346
5,625 Yemen307
6,966 Belgium270
12,114 Netherlands237
249 Macau234
52,719 Thailand231
710 Hong Kong183
4,381 Sweden174
2,505 Ireland173
70,663 Russia163
1,737 Jamaica145
13,253 Greece141
54,286 Nigeria127
13,554 Malaysia124
38,342 Egypt122
21,791 Kenya121
83,098 France104
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
56,733 Italy98
7,096 Iraq89
6,446 Denmark88
11,556 Switzerland74
2,940 Northern Ireland68
3,278 Singapore68
3,246 Cambodia64
78,323 Ukraine64
1,258 China60
15,774 Israel57
9,231 Chile54
45,201 Tanzania54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,706 Portugal47
8,109 Estonia31
32,444 Austria30
24,029 Hungary30
82,038 Argentina29
42,091 Papua New Guinea26
194,228 Brazil24
767 Guernsey22
96,203 Poland20
42,320 Japan19
25,366 Finland15
112,907 Turkey14
410,938 Indonesia11
839 South Korea11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
14,894 Taiwan10
45,470 Mexico9
1,494 Saint Lucia9
23,122 Afghanistan7
1,286 Bermuda7
97,842 Czechia7
2,872 Jersey7
2,743 Belize6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

George Butt worked as and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 42 years old embarked for USA from Bristol on Java and arrived on June 5, 1849. Mary Butt (40), Elisiah Butt, aged 35, Ellen Butt, aged 29, Laura Butt, aged 6, 10 months old Frank Butt, Charles Butt, aged 2, Andrew Butt (24) Immigrant, William Butt (27) Immigrant, and 9 other Butt mainly workman migrated to US from Bristol, Liverpool and Cork.

From Germany

Elisabeth Butt from Germany aboard the Zampa from Havre on May 27, 1850. She is registered to be 9 years old when she arrived in USA. Jacob Butt, aged 39, Phillip Butt, aged 6, Phillip Butt (36) Farmer, Phillipian Butt (5), Egid Butt, aged 26, Theresa Butt, Ludwick Butt, aged 40, Margaret Butt (40) Farmer, and 191 other Butt around 52.63% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and daughter, servant, landlord, clerk, merchant migrated to US from Havre, Bremen and London.

Butt Namesakes

  • William Butt, politician in Georgia
  • Clara Butt, English contralto
  • Charlie Butt, Charles Stahley "Charlie" Butt, Jr
  • Dudley Butt, Member of the Legislative Council and Tynwald
  • Sadia Butt, Pakistani cricketer
  • Hassan Butt, British Pakistani former spokesman of the radical Islamic group al-Muhajiroun
  • Isaac Butt, Irish barrister, politician, Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
  • Nicky Butt, English football coach and former player
  • Brent Butt, Canadian actor, comedian, and writer
  • Charles Butt, American billionaire businessman
  • Archibald Butt, American journalist and United States Army officer
  • Chairman Butt, Hong Kong writer
  • Asim Butt, Scottish and Pakistani cricketer
  • Hans-Jörg Butt, retired German footballer
  • Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer,
  • Harry Butt, English cricketer
  • Sohail Butt, former international cricketer for the United Arab Emirates
  • Gizz Butt, British musician
  • Shujauddin Butt, Pakistani army officer and cricketer
  • Ijaz Butt, A wicket keeper and right-handed opening batsman
  • Arif Butt, Pakistani Test cricketer
  • Peter Butt, Australian, film producer, director, writer
  • Tom Butt, current mayor of Richmond, California
  • Ambreen Butt, Boston-based Pakistani American artist best
  • Maggie Butt, British poet
  • Muhammad Zaki Butt, Pakistan Air Force fighter pilot

Butt Namesakes

  • William Butt, politician in Georgia
  • Clara Butt, English contralto
  • Charlie Butt, Charles Stahley "Charlie" Butt, Jr
  • Dudley Butt, Member of the Legislative Council and Tynwald
  • Sadia Butt, Pakistani cricketer
  • Hassan Butt, British Pakistani former spokesman of the radical Islamic group al-Muhajiroun
  • Isaac Butt, Irish barrister, politician, Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
  • Nicky Butt, English football coach and former player
  • Brent Butt, Canadian actor, comedian, and writer
  • Charles Butt, American billionaire businessman
  • Archibald Butt, American journalist and United States Army officer
  • Chairman Butt, Hong Kong writer
  • Asim Butt, Scottish and Pakistani cricketer
  • Hans-Jörg Butt, retired German footballer
  • Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer,
  • Harry Butt, English cricketer
  • Sohail Butt, former international cricketer for the United Arab Emirates
  • Gizz Butt, British musician
  • Shujauddin Butt, Pakistani army officer and cricketer
  • Ijaz Butt, A wicket keeper and right-handed opening batsman
  • Arif Butt, Pakistani Test cricketer
  • Peter Butt, Australian, film producer, director, writer
  • Tom Butt, current mayor of Richmond, California
  • Ambreen Butt, Boston-based Pakistani American artist best
  • Maggie Butt, British poet
  • Muhammad Zaki Butt, Pakistan Air Force fighter pilot

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