Butterworth Family History
Butterworth Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from places
named Butterworth in Lancashire (near Rochdale) and in West
Yorkshire. Both are so named with Old English butere ‘butter’ +
worð ‘enclosure’. The surname is recorded from an early date
in each of these two places; it probably arose independently in each.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Butterworth Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Butterworth families
 66 - 129  23 - 65 |
 1 - 22  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Butterworth families
|
3,872 - 7,742 1,291 - 3,871 |
1 - 1,290 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Butterworth families
|
16 - 29 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Butterworth Family Origin
Butterworth Immigration Information
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Butterworth Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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