Butter is used as a family name or surname in Netherlands. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Butter
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Netherlands
Meaning: One can find both Butter and Butters in US. Butter Crambe, Butterlaw, Butterleigh, Butterley, Buttermere, Butterton, Butterwick, Butterworth are local names in England. There is also Booterstown near Dublin, occasionally spelled as Ballybotter, Boterstone, Butterstown and Bally boother. Which some say was originally Freebooterstown, from its being the resort of these picturesque desperasdoes. Boterus and Botorus are found as personal names in Domesday. But the name Butter may be from Gaelic bude, a house, mansion, habitation etc. or from Scandinavian bode meaning a messenger. Or perhaps rather from Gaelic bod-her that means noble or brave leader. Bod can also be seen in many German names too like Bauto, Merobaudes, Maroboduus and Genebaudes.

How popular is Butter?

Butter is common in Netherlands.

Butter is ranked 81173 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Butters plummeted by 2.936097 per cent to 562 since 2000 and slipped by 2701 spots and ranked at 39164. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 72.95 76.34
Black 10.14 10.36
Hispanic or Latino 8.9 8.98
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 6.23 2.42
Butter is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Netherlands is ahead in terms of density. Around 5394 people have been found who wears Butter as their family name. Butter is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,898 Nigeria10
95,557 Czech Republic6
101,066 Zimbabwe5
8,689 Pakistan4
15,749 Finland3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
4,689 Maldives2
3,014 Taiwan2
26,123 Malaysia2
4,164 Vietnam2
26,532 Chile2
20,595 China2
18,035 Egypt2
124,220 Italy2
65,594 Belgium2
9,185 Hong Kong2
10,284 Kuwait2
8,657 Lebanon2
18,969 Wales1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
31,584 Peru1
29,774 Venezuela1
2,374 Bermuda1
17,236 Ghana1
16,228 Bulgaria1
6,212 Jamaica1
28,365 Kenya1
12,745 Luxembourg1
8,268 Mauritius1
120,357 Argentina1
9,591 Panama1
66,560 Philippines1
10,958 Bangladesh1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,678 Singapore1
13,447 Uganda1
7,314 Bolivia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
28,564 Switzerland36
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
17,064 New Zealand31
9,692 Ireland27
5,663 Thailand18
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,079 Australia100
167,219 India95
104,308 France86
6,180 Scotland85
Countries with hundreds of Butter:
31,373 United States936
25,060 Brazil493
12,803 England468
1,537 El Salvador258
25,276 Canada137
9,948 Austria131
43,624 South Africa110
Countries with thousands of Butter:
8,242 Germany1,177
2,246 Netherlands1,090
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Maid Bridget Butter from Ireland aboard the Java from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 14 years old when she arrived in USA on October 2, 1848. Rich. Butter, aged 20, Mary Butter, aged 20, 26 years old Agnes Butter, Farmer Jane Butter, Thomas Butter, aged 22, 28 years old Pat. Butter, Immigrant Ellen Butter, 11 years old Betty Butter, and 34 other Butter around 36.67% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer migrated to US from Glasgow, Dublin and Liverpool.

Butter Namesakes

  • Paul Butterfield, Singer
  • Aiden Butterworth, Soccer player
  • Aiden Butterworth, Soccer player
  • Paul Butterfield, Singer
  • Peanut Butter Wolf, Disc jockey
  • Annina Butterworth, Actress
  • Ardis Butterfield, Author
  • Aristotle Buttercup, Actor
  • Asa Butterfield, Actor
  • George Butterworth, Political cartoonist

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