Button is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Button
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning: Button is a local name. The pedigree of the Hampshire family is found written De Button. It is sometimes spelt Bitton and most probably derived from the parish of Bitton co. Gloucester and that in Sussex Burton is often pronounced as Button.

How popular is Button?

Button is common in Canada.

Button is ranked 22310 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Button bearers increased by 3.234426 per cent in 2010 US census to 7341 since 2000, the surname slipped by 234 spots and ranked at 4810. The last name was found in around 25 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.41 93
Hispanic or Latino 3.43 1.77
Black 3.01 2.46
Others 1.55 1.21
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.84 1.01
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.75 0.55
Button is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 23103 people have been found who wears Button as their family name. Button is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
701,083 India8
1,005 Cayman Islands7
6,072 China7
13,220 Thailand6
46,068 Philippines3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
5,630 Northern Ireland2
40,064 Nigeria2
41,879 Turkey2
147,165 Czech Republic2
91,784 Netherlands2
31,767 Greece2
40,256 Mexico2
35,969 Denmark2
23,344 Austria2
11,224 Cameroon2
65,594 Belgium2
25,721 Egypt1
15,162 Costa Rica1
1,254 Gibraltar1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
2,935 Madagascar1
19,810 Croatia1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
8,181 Botswana1
2,374 Bermuda1
120,357 Argentina1
2,309 Monaco1
29,595 Iran1
3,307 Malta1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
36,814 Romania1
16,073 Latvia1
28,365 Kenya1
7,895 South Korea1
3,071 Jersey1
29,046 Japan1
6,212 Jamaica1
49,529 Israel1
2,057 Isle of Man1
8,859 Iraq1
13,447 Uganda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,023 Tanzania49
21,712 Sweden44
7,175 Singapore41
31,692 Zimbabwe40
7,570 Ireland38
193,368 Indonesia35
36,547 Switzerland27
4,169 Cyprus26
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
92,589 Brazil79
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
78,184 Italy67
3,881 Hong Kong59
39,793 Spain54
Countries with hundreds of Button:
1,002 Wales395
2,095 New Zealand360
43,536 Germany235
1,368 Taiwan232
53,810 France184
3,611 Scotland171
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Button:
4,513 United States8,847
1,472 England5,383
1,293 Australia2,457
2,784 South Africa2,338
2,852 Canada1,689
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Servant Thomas Button from Great Britain aboard the Henry Pratt from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in USA on May 23, 1846. Immigrant James Button, 30 years old Susan Button, Eliza-Jane Button, James Button, aged 6, 3 years old Robert Button, Immigrant Nicholas Button, Luke Button, aged 28, 8 years old Michael Button, and 6 other Button mainly servant migrated to US.

Comments

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Janet Mederos
 Button is a family name that is the spelling variation button, personal name of Germanic origin from the bot radical meaning messenger that name also means the buttons merchant nickname profession.

Button Namesakes

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  • Ian Button, Guitarist
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