The Bütner Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

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The meaning behind Bütner

Some records give Buttner; others give Bütner. Both point to the same German family name. Read literally, Bütner points to “A cooper who made casks”.

Records show Bütner as one of the forms Buttner took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. You may also find the name written Büthner. Bütner ranked 15,947 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,822 people answering to the name. It sits among the 25,000 most common last names in the country.

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