Butcher is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Butcher
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Butcher

How popular is Butcher?

Butcher is common in England.

Butcher is ranked 9073 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Butcher bearers increased by 4.081171 per cent in 2010 US census to 22978 since 2000, the surname slipped by 89 spots and ranked at 1567. The last name was found in around 78 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.6 86.73
Black 9.04 8.38
Hispanic or Latino 2.87 1.9
Others 1.88 1.69
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.12 0.95
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.49 0.36
Butcher is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Saint Lucia is ahead in terms of density. Around 59388 people have been found who wears Butcher as their family name. Butcher is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,318 China8
98,953 Belarus7
1,346 Bermuda6
567,967 Indonesia6
8,582 Japan6
13,220 Thailand6
103,755 Czech Republic5
13,374 Qatar5
144,439 Kazakhstan4
3,044 Zambia4
46,068 Philippines3
2,967 Vietnam3
457 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3
2,720 South Korea3
4,554 Guatemala3
1,647 Fiji3
3,752 Iraq3
2,935 Angola3
3,340 Jamaica3
10,762 Hungary3
108,034 Italy3
3,014 Taiwan2
95,312 Argentina2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
5,936 Bahrain2
931 Sierra Leone2
3,791 Namibia2
19,093 Finland2
31,767 Greece2
44,018 Poland2
34,681 Norway2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
37,779 Serbia1
13,606 Senegal1
14,373 Jordan1
1,486 Northern Mariana Islands1
356 Eritrea1
734 Chad1
28,746 Algeria1
7,191 Afghanistan1
49,529 Israel1
2,057 Isle of Man1
11,486 Estonia1
29,595 Iran1
9,116 Nicaragua1
4,942 Libya1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
2,877 Cuba1
2,613 The Bahamas1
16,228 Bulgaria1
34,581 Chile1
880 Djibouti1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
6,033 Benin1
24,460 Armenia1
1,879 Belize1
2,309 Monaco1
12,741 Ecuador1
1,572 Macau1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,376 Singapore47
341 United States Virgin Islands42
31,692 Zimbabwe40
37,591 Belgium37
28,564 Switzerland36
3,075 Cyprus34
119,358 Ukraine32
42,407 Sweden22
214 British Virgin Islands20
90,060 Germany19
606 Guernsey18
52,730 United Arab Emirates17
1,163 Jersey17
514,808 India14
10,080 Egypt13
646 Cayman Islands11
481 Gibraltar11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,251 Guyana100
9,807 Denmark59
7,402 Portugal55
39,248 Netherlands53
Countries with hundreds of Butcher:
429 Wales835
1,036 Scotland774
32,218 Brazil366
12,518 Mexico340
201 Barbados326
31,236 France318
101 Saint Lucia273
1,416 Panama261
1,273 Northern Ireland227
16,232 Spain199
1,086 Trinidad and Tobago185
75,153 Russia170
31,070 Turkey140
1,845 Hong Kong130
13,194 Malaysia126
3,646 Ireland104
Countries with thousands of Butcher:
502 Australia5,877
2,358 South Africa2,758
2,221 Canada2,272
514 New Zealand1,269
Countries with ten thousands of Butcher:
1,541 United States25,415
400 England16,186
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman William Butcher from Great Britain aboard the Gliddon from London during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 33 years old when he arrived in USA on October 5, 1846. Catharine Butcher, aged 37, Henry Butcher, aged 13, William Butcher, aged 10, James Butcher, aged 6, Maria Butcher, aged 20, 45 years old James Butcher, James Butcher (24) Workman, James Butcher (20) Workman, and 2 other Butcher around 66.67% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Butcher Namesakes

  • Abdullah the Butcher, Professional wrestler
  • Jim Butcher, Author
  • Abdullah the Butcher, Professional wrestler
  • Clyde Butcher, Photographer
  • Alan Butcher, Cricketer
  • Abdullah the Butcher, Professional wrestler
  • Jim Butcher, Author
  • Matt Butcher, Singer
  • Basil Butcher, Cricket Player
  • Paul Butcher, Actor
  • Joseph Butcher, from 2015 drama and romance movie Do You Remember?, who played the Thomas.
  • Sarah Butcher played key role of Bounty Hunter in 2008 action, adventure film Unique ID.

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