Button Name Meaning: Derives from the French ' Bo(u)ton', meaning 'button'.
Introduced after the Norman Conquest from the French word 'Bo(u)ton'. An occuptaional name for someone who made or sold buttons.
Discover how your Button ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 7 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 42 |
| Channel Islands | 5 |
| Cheshire | 40 |
| Cornwall | 55 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 23 |
| Devon | 41 |
| Dorset | 37 |
| Durham | 60 |
| Essex | 177 |
| Gloucestershire | 40 |
| Hampshire | 89 |
| Herefordshire | 24 |
| Hertfordshire | 10 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 30 |
| Isle of Man | 3 |
| Kent | 233 |
| Lancashire | 92 |
| Leicestershire | 23 |
| Lincolnshire | 187 |
| London | 518 |
| Middlesex | 24 |
| Northumberland | 10 |
| Norfolk | 89 |
| Northamptonshire | 18 |
| Nottinghamshire | 51 |
| Oxfordshire | 11 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 30 |
| Shropshire | 30 |
| Suffolk | 360 |
| Somerset | 188 |
| Surrey | 21 |
| Sussex | 129 |
| Staffordshire | 100 |
| Warwickshire | 25 |
| Westmorland | 6 |
| Wiltshire | 34 |
| Worcestershire | 17 |
| Yorkshire | 238 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 24 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 1 |
| Carmarthenshire | 1 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 8 |
| Glamorgan | 31 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 2 |
| Monmouthshire | 23 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 1 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 555 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 168 |
| Labourer | 54 |
| Domestic Servant | 36 |
| General Servant | 34 |
| Dress Maker | 30 |
| Coal Miner | 26 |
| Carpenter | 20 |
| Servant | 17 |
| Laundress | 17 |
| Joiner | 15 |
| General Servant Domestic | 14 |
| Ag Lab | 14 |
| House Keeper | 13 |
| Farm Labourer | 12 |
| Gardener | 11 |
| Painter | 11 |
| Farm Servant | 11 |
| No Occupation | 11 |
| Farmer | 11 |
| Wife Of Above | 11 |
| Charwoman | 10 |
| Cook | 10 |
| Dressmaker | 9 |
| Lace Maker | 9 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Button | 1,896 |
| William Button | 1,681 |
| John Button | 1,602 |
| Elizabeth Button | 1,178 |
| George Button | 1,170 |
| Sarah Button | 1,020 |
| James Button | 865 |
| Thomas Button | 802 |
| Charles Button | 614 |
| Ann Button | 596 |
| Henry Button | 569 |
| Eliza Button | 509 |
| Emma Button | 505 |
| Joseph Button | 500 |
| Jane Button | 464 |
| Edward Button | 450 |
| Frederick Button | 447 |
| Arthur Button | 404 |
| Alfred Button | 398 |
| Ellen Button | 393 |
| Emily Button | 386 |
| Alice Button | 385 |
| Annie Button | 374 |
| Samuel Button | 345 |
| Robert Button | 344 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Button | 100% | 30,552 |
| 2 | Batten | 67% | 18,134 |
| 3 | Botton | 83% | 7,181 |
| 4 | Batton | 83% | 3,722 |
| 5 | Botten | 67% | 3,396 |
| 6 | Butten | 83% | 2,513 |
| 7 | Betton | 83% | 1,653 |
| 8 | Battin | 67% | 1,110 |
| 9 | Bitton | 83% | 1,068 |
| 10 | Buton | 83% | 562 |
| 11 | Bitten | 67% | 482 |
| 12 | Boutton | 86% | 463 |
| 13 | Buttin | 83% | 289 |
| 14 | Buttain | 71% | 183 |
| 15 | Beatton | 71% | 154 |
| 16 | Buttan | 83% | 129 |
| 17 | Betten | 67% | 127 |
| 18 | Bottone | 71% | 121 |
| 19 | Bottin | 67% | 119 |
The surname Button is the most popular version of all its varients