Butterwick
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Buttrick
Etymology
From Old English butere (“butter”) + wīċ (“village”).
Proper noun
Butterwick (countable and uncountable, plural Butterwicks)
- A hamlet in Bampton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5119).
- A village near Fishburn, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ385912).
- A village and civil parish in Boston district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF387448).
- A village in Barton-le-Street parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE733775).
- A village in Foxholes parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE991712).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Butterwick is the 136449th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 123 individuals. Butterwick is most common among White (97.56%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Butterwick”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 262.