Bute

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Bute

1. Any of a number of towns in English-speaking countries
2. An island in the Firth of Clyde, and part of Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
3. A former county of Scotland, comprising the islands of Bute, Arran and the Cumbraes, also called Buteshire and Bute and Arran
4. A Scottish marquisate.

• Argyll and Bute
• Butetown (from Marquess of Bute)

Perhaps a variant of Butt.

Bute (plural Butes)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bute is the 37341^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 597 individuals. Bute is most common among White (74.2%) and Black/African American (14.91%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bute”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 261.

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