Butts is used as a family name or surname in England and Scotland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Butts
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England and Scotland
Meaning: Butts were marks for archery. In most parishes places were set apart for this necessary sport which were called "the Butts." hence, the name was given to a person residing near such a spot, as "John at the Butts." But also signifies a promontory, as the Butt of Lewis, an isle of Scotland, In Danish, But means blunt or rough

How popular is Butts?

Butts is common in United States.

Butts is ranked 18288 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Buttses plummeted by 1.329652 per cent to 23227 since 2000 and slipped by 167 spots and ranked at 1548. The last name was found in around 79 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.41 68.34
Black 29.82 28.47
Hispanic or Latino 2.06 1.24
Others 1.99 1.38
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.36 0.3
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.35 0.27
Butts is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guyana is ahead in terms of density. Around 28544 people have been found who wears Butts as their family name. Butts is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
275,830 Ukraine8
8,689 Pakistan4
32,086 Mexico3
14,078 Japan3
2,720 South Korea3
9,097 Wales3
3,224 Afghanistan3
30,723 Georgia3
219,873 France2
14,521 Portugal2
5,217 Zambia2
19,046 Ireland2
91,784 Netherlands2
14,004 Hungary2
11,486 Estonia1
810,193 Indonesia1
2,190 Barbados1
49,101 Denmark1
66,560 Philippines1
9,591 Panama1
24,421 Slovakia1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
151,601 Spain1
30,360 Thailand1
10,683 Cyprus1
7,314 Bolivia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
11,510 Oman1
36,814 Romania1
40,340 Malaysia1
153,416 Italy1
3,243 Suriname1
53,505 Turkey1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
16,640 Hong Kong1
7,941 Guatemala1
42,479 Greece1
16,228 Bulgaria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,040 Scotland39
52,530 Belgium22
395,979 India22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,786 Trinidad and Tobago53
Countries with hundreds of Butts:
4,699 Canada950
12,579 England479
10,934 Australia254
50,182 Germany202
913 Guyana149
35,546 South Africa146
84,941 Russia145
7,143 New Zealand102
Countries with ten thousands of Butts:
1,519 United States25,914
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Michael Butts worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for St.Johns-New-Brunswk from Liverpool on J S Dewolf and arrived on October 14, 1848. Shoemaker Thomas Butts, John Butts (22) Immigrant, are others that migrated to US.

Butts Namesakes

  • Mary Butts, Writer
  • Seymore Butts, Film director
  • Niya Butts, Basketball Player
  • Seymore Butts, Film director
  • Seymore Butts, Film director
  • Calvin O. Butts, Pastor
  • Coral Buttsworth, Tennis player
  • Seymore Butts, Film director
  • Jimmy Butts, Bassist
  • Marion Butts, Football player
  • Dave Butts played the leading character of Bailey in 2003 comedy film The Third Date.
  • In 2010, Amy Butts portrayed the role of Goth Lady in drama, horror film Petrified.
  • In 2007, Nick Butts portrayed the role of Pastor Dan in comedy flick Promenade.
  • Eric Butts played the significant role of Baron Moonblood in 2010 comedy and fantasy movie Queen of the Cursed World.

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