But is used as a family name or surname in Hong Kong. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: But
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Hong Kong
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for But

How popular is But?

But is common in Hong Kong.

But is ranked 17414 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Buts grew by 12.5 per cent to 261 since 2000 and ranked 74141 after elevating 2805 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 55.56 63.79
White 37.93 28.45
Black 2.68 3.02
Hispanic or Latino 2.3 0
But is quite popular family name mostly used in Pakistan while Cambodia is ahead in terms of density. Around 30049 people have been found who wears But as their family name. But is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,755 Czech Republic5
10,542 China4
19,452 Malaysia3
9,077 Lithuania3
14,193 Egypt3
14,078 Japan3
82,478 South Africa2
3,014 Taiwan2
5,442 Turkmenistan2
8,995 Uganda2
24,766 Scotland2
35,969 Denmark2
10,211 Bulgaria2
5,936 Bahrain2
19,046 Ireland2
62,864 New Zealand1
31,584 Peru1
9,591 Panama1
37,779 Serbia1
24,771 Colombia1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
15,705 Cameroon1
10,958 Bangladesh1
28,746 Algeria1
7,191 Afghanistan1
11,486 Estonia1
6,149 Ethiopia1
50,549 Georgia1
81,201 Switzerland1
66,560 Philippines1
47,891 Norway1
1,572 Macau1
16,073 Latvia1
1,819 Laos1
17,575 Kuwait1
18,969 Wales1
24,460 Armenia1
20,172 Hungary1
42,479 Greece1
25,746 Finland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
19,446 Kyrgyzstan31
11,444 Portugal28
21,901 Chile27
3,873 Thailand24
15,050 Singapore18
13,188 Azerbaijan14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
30,111 Spain83
57,588 Argentina75
37,137 Australia58
Countries with hundreds of But:
2,547 Romania939
6,125 Uzbekistan605
5,473 Kazakhstan486
14,152 Poland430
64,958 United States386
30,009 France331
38,477 Germany269
90,573 India251
22,396 Turkey245
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
43,146 Indonesia222
24,611 England199
8,152 Belarus190
44,259 Italy179
2,819 Slovenia153
4,073 Moldova140
19,620 Netherlands137
69,781 Brazil127
28,123 Canada121
Countries with thousands of But:
1,714 Pakistan6,035
891 Ukraine5,299
4,099 Russia4,745
564 Cambodia4,104
917 Vietnam2,583
326 Hong Kong1,174
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Frances But worked as workwoman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 17 years old embarked for USA from Dublin on British Queen and arrived on June 2, 1849.

Comments

J
Janay Gilley
 But is a family name, representing a spelling variation end which means in old french barrel, besides the name refers to a cooper, nickname profession.

But Namesakes

  • Jason Aalon Butler, Singer
  • Iain Butchart, Cricket Player
  • Sohail Butt, Cricket Bowler
  • Abbi Butler, Actor
  • Abdullah the Butcher, Professional wrestler
  • William Butler, Multi-instrumentalist
  • Raphael Butler, Boxer
  • Abid Butt, Businessperson
  • Michael Butler, Computer science researcher
  • Michael Butler, Computer science researcher

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