Butterwick

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Buttrick

Etymology

From Old English butere (“butter”) + wīċ (“village”).

Proper noun

Butterwick (countable and uncountable, plural Butterwicks)

1. A hamlet in Bampton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5119).
2. A village near Fishburn, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ385912).
3. A village and civil parish in Boston district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF387448).
4. A village in Barton-le-Street parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE733775).
5. A village in Foxholes parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE991712).
6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Butterwick is the 136449^th 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.