Butte
English
Etymology
Perhaps a variant spelling of Butt.
Proper noun
Butte (countable and uncountable, plural Buttes)
- (countable) A surname.
- A placename
- A census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States, with which it is a consolidated city-county known as Butte-Silver Bow.
- A village, the county seat of Boyd County, Nebraska, United States.
- A city and village in McLean County, North Dakota, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Butte is the 37735th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 589 individuals. Butte is most common among White (81.66%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Butte”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 262.
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