Last Name SOWERBUTTS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: This looks very like a nicknam. A brewer of nad beer would easily acquire the title. Nevertheless, it may be but a compound of 'butt,' a mark to shoot at, and represents some long-forgotten spot. It is a Lancashire surname, and is still familiar to that county. It sprang up in neighbourhood of Preston.

Origin	English, Irish

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