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The BUTTS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 23,540 1381 0.009 87
United States (1880 census) 6,177 990 0.012 124
Change since 1880 +17363 -391 -0.003 -37
Other Countries
Australia 114 12729 0.001 7
United Kingdom 458 9422 0.001 10
Top States for BUTTS by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Georgia 1,643 710 0.020 201
Ohio 1,622 878 0.014 143
Florida 1,523 1487 0.010 95
Texas 1,318 2007 0.006 63
California 1,256 2751 0.004 37
Top States for BUTTS by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 1,072 771 0.024 241
West Virginia 390 778 0.022 216
Georgia 1,643 710 0.020 201
Mississippi 461 1058 0.016 162
Ohio 1,622 878 0.014 143

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BUTTS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BUTTS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BUTTS in Georgia than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BUTTS by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BUTTS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BUTTS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BUTTS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BUTTS in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 325 1.38
White (Hispanic) 292 1.24
Native American/Alaskan 71 0.3
Asian/Pacific 64 0.27
White (Caucasian) 16,087 68.34
Black/African American 6,702 28.47

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BUTTS surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BUTTS in historical publications

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 signifies a promontory, as the Butt of Lewis, an isle of Scotland. Danish, But, blunt, rough.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


BUTTS. The marks for archery. In old times all corporate to's\ms, and most parishes, had a provision for this sport, and numerous fields and closes where the long bow was exercised are still called " The Butts."

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to BUTTS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BUTTS.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for BUTTS

The following words are slight variants of BUTTS that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.