Butler Family History
Butler Name Meaning
English and Irish: from a word that originally denoted a wine
steward, usually the chief servant of a medieval household, from
Norman French butuiller (Old French bouteillier, Latin
buticularius, from buticula ‘bottle’). In the large
households of royalty and the most powerful nobility, the title came
to denote an officer of high rank and responsibility, only nominally
concerned with the supply of wine, if at all.Anglicized form of
French Boutilier.Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine):
occupational name for a bottle maker, from Yiddish butl
‘bottle’ + the agent suffix -er.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Butler Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Butler families
 1,169 - 2,336  390 - 1,168 |
 1 - 389  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Butler families
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1,747 - 3,492 583 - 1,746 |
1 - 582 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Butler families
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112 - 221 38 - 111 |
1 - 37 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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