Butterfield is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 11 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Butterfield
No. of characters: 11
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Butterfield

How popular is Butterfield?

Butterfield is common in United States.

Butterfield is ranked 21605 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Butterfield bearers increased by 2.173913 per cent in 2010 US census to 11468 since 2000, the surname slipped by 206 spots and ranked at 3152. The last name was found in around 39 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.89 92.37
Black 3.14 2.93
Others 2.14 1.65
Hispanic or Latino 2.13 1.59
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.95 0.84
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.76 0.62
Butterfield is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 23908 people have been found who wears Butterfield as their family name. Butterfield is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
541,660 Russia8
746,494 India7
1,005 Cayman Islands7
101,066 Zimbabwe5
10,542 China4
8,411 Costa Rica4
11,480 Japan4
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
9,185 Hong Kong2
10,211 Bulgaria2
14,621 Croatia2
40,064 Nigeria2
4,367 Afghanistan2
810,193 Indonesia1
317 Norfolk Island1
31,584 Peru1
37,493 Austria1
8,181 Botswana1
472 Tonga1
91,024 Belgium1
1,572 Macau1
25,746 Finland1
6,820 Angola1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
3,993 El Salvador1
24,176 Qatar1
1,818 Guernsey1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
77,122 Sweden1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
10,683 Cyprus1
153,416 Italy1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
23,537 Switzerland45
9,524 Portugal37
62,494 Netherlands22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
416 The Bahamas91
69 Turks and Caicos Islands89
4,622 Wales79
4,527 Ireland76
12,039 Colombia70
104,075 Brazil64
37,652 Spain59
Countries with hundreds of Butterfield:
16,752 South Africa365
12 Bermuda328
2,462 New Zealand305
25,062 Argentina209
3,725 Scotland164
71,225 Germany134
84,907 France110
2,171 Jamaica107
2,133 Northern Ireland107
27,127 Mexico105
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Butterfield:
1,687 England4,700
2,437 Australia1,276
4,418 Canada1,016
Countries with ten thousands of Butterfield:
2,842 United States14,124
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 40 years old workman Thomas Butterfield who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on October 28, 1848 by Yorkshire put out from Liverpool. James Butterfield, H.J. Butterfield (26) Immigrant, Immigrant Patt. Butterfield, 22 years old Sarah Butterfield, R. Butterfield, aged 31, Workman Martin Butterfield, Jane Butterfield, aged 35, Elizabeth Butterfield, and 11 other Butterfield around 66.67% of whom were workman migrated to US from Liverpool, Halifax & Liverpool, Dublin and London.

Butterfield Namesakes

    Paul Butterfield, American blues musician
  • Paul Butterfield, Singer
  • Paul Butterfield, Singer
  • Ardis Butterfield, Author
  • Asa Butterfield, Actor
  • Paul Butterfield, Singer
  • Rosaria Butterfield, Writer
  • G. K. Butterfield, U.S. Representative
  • Deborah Butterfield, Artist
  • Brian Butterfield, Baseball Coach
  • Jacob Butterfield, Soccer player

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