How Many People Have the Last Name Butler?
people had the surname Butler in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,348 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+7,968 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Butler (62.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 31.5%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Butler ranks #74. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 64.8% to 62.4%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Butler grew from 210,879 people in 2000 to 218,847 in 2010 (up 3.8%), and its rank fell from #98 to #108. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 78.17 to 74.19 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 210,879 | 218,847 |
| Rank | #98 | #108 |
| Per 100,000 people | 78.17 | 74.19 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Butler
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Butler: B346
👤 Butler as a First Name
Butler is a first name too: about 178 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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