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

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'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.