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Early Origins of the Butts family

The surname Butts was first found in Austria, where the name Butz emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Butts family

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Butts Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Butz, Buttz, Butts, Buetz, Buettz, Beutz, Beuttz and others.

Early Notables of the Butts family

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Butts Ranking

In the United States, the name Butts is the 1,144th most popular surname with an estimated 27,357 people with that name. 1


United States Butts migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Butts Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Robert Butts, who landed in Virginia in 1640 2
  • Peter Butts, who arrived in Virginia in 1672 2
Butts Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Jacob Butts, who arrived in Virginia in 1703 2
  • Henry Butts, who arrived in Virginia in 1713 2
Butts Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • S Butts, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 2
  • J P Butts, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
  • John Butts, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1867 2

Canada Butts migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Butts Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Aaron Butts, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1760
  • Aaron Butts, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1761

Australia Butts migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Butts Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • William Butts, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Harpley" in 1849 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Butts (post 1700) +

  • Tasha Butts (1982-2023), American basketball player
  • Calvin Otis Butts III (1949-2022), American academic administrator and a senior pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, President of the State University of New York at Old Westbury (1999-2020)
  • James Wallace "Wally" Butts Jr. (1905-1973), American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator, head coach at the University of Georgia from 1939 to 1960, compiling a record of 140–86–9, inducted posthumously into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1997
  • Cassandra Quin Butts (1965-2016), American lawyer, Senior Advisor in the Office of the Chief Executive Officer at the Millennium Challenge Corporation
  • Captain Samuel Butts (1777-1814), American militia officer, eponym of Butts County, Georgia
  • Walter E. Butts, American poet and the Poet Laureate of New Hampshire
  • Alfred Mosher Butts (1899-1993), American architect, inventor of the board game Scrabble in 1938
  • James Butts (b. 1950), American Olympic athlete
  • Marion Stevenson Butts Jr. (b. 1966), retired professional American NFL football running back
  • Charles L. Butts, former member of the Ohio Senate (1975 to 1990)
  • ... (Another 5 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


Suggested Readings for the name Butts +

  • The Butts Family of Rhode Island by Francis B. Butts.

  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) HARPLEY 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849Harpley.htm


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