The Butz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,220 people carried this name — #7,846 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,900 people counted. That is down 1% from 4,265 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
248 people named Butz live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Butz.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Butz in American newspapers,
1905–1906.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,055 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Butz.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Butz is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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