Butterworth is an English toponymic surname. It is derived from the former township of Butterworth, Lancashire, England,[1] an area in which the surname was still very common as of 2014.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ R. Mckinley; G. Redmonds; T. King; D. Hey (2011). "Locative Surnames". Surnames, DNA, and Family History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 36 and 75. ISBN 9780191620362 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ A History of British Surnames. Routledge. 2014. ISBN 9781317901457 – via Google Books.