Boto Surname
Approximately 19,976 people bear this surname
Boto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 8,537 | 1:2,770 | 584 |
| DR Congo | 1,553 | 1:47,572 | 5,769 |
| Portugal | 1,142 | 1:9,123 | 805 |
| Spain | 1,115 | 1:41,930 | 4,036 |
| Philippines | 974 | 1:103,941 | 18,061 |
| Brazil | 560 | 1:382,276 | 14,606 |
| South Africa | 553 | 1:97,971 | 11,912 |
| Cameroon | 512 | 1:40,565 | 5,413 |
| Benin | 511 | 1:20,226 | 2,707 |
| France | 482 | 1:137,806 | 21,137 |
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| Ivory Coast | 457 | 1:50,484 | 3,097 |
| Russia | 362 | 1:398,130 | 38,496 |
| Indonesia | 303 | 1:436,466 | 36,510 |
| Kenya | 259 | 1:178,301 | 13,436 |
| Argentina | 229 | 1:186,652 | 15,577 |
| Uganda | 209 | 1:186,791 | 15,356 |
| Romania | 189 | 1:106,232 | 11,991 |
| Tanzania | 184 | 1:287,726 | 22,395 |
| Thailand | 138 | 1:511,872 | 89,138 |
| Liberia | 128 | 1:34,442 | 3,224 |
| Colombia | 118 | 1:404,865 | 6,440 |
| Papua New Guinea | 108 | 1:75,497 | 9,888 |
| Nigeria | 107 | 1:1,655,540 | 61,311 |
| Italy | 89 | 1:687,154 | 59,360 |
| United States | 88 | 1:4,118,852 | 221,730 |
| Niger | 64 | 1:299,875 | 9,026 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63 | 1:56,133 | 6,634 |
| Australia | 63 | 1:428,503 | 33,982 |
| Iran | 48 | 1:1,599,636 | 62,090 |
| Croatia | 42 | 1:100,681 | 16,054 |
| Pakistan | 39 | 1:4,580,612 | 30,982 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| Solomon Islands | 25 | 1:23,201 | 4,555 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Honduras | 14 | 1:629,746 | 3,754 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Congo | 11 | 1:453,554 | 10,703 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Bôto (139) & Botó (3) are calculated separately.
Boto (2,113) may also be a first name.
Boto Demographics
Average Boto Salary in
United States
$43,517 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Boto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boto (Arabic: بوتو, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻁ, Hindi: बोटो, Marathi: बोटो, Oriya: େବାେଟା, Russian: Бото, Tibetan: སྦོ་སྤྲོ།) is found most frequently in Madagascar. It can be rendered as: Bôto or Botó. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boto? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 26,894th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 364,815 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Boto live; 46 percent live in Southern Africa and 43 percent live in Barito Africa. It is also the 163,562nd most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 2,113 people.
It is most common in Madagascar, where it is borne by 8,537 people, or 1 in 2,770. Beside Madagascar it occurs in 73 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found and Portugal, where 6 percent are found.
Boto Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Boto has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Boto last name grew 978 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 292 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Boto Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Boto surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Boto earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 47.35% less than the national average, earning R 125,124 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.52% less than the national average, earning $18,725,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.85% more than the national average, earning $43,517 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.4% more than the national average, earning $69,260 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boto Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boto in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻁ | bwt | - |
| Boto in the Oriya language | ||
| େବାେଟା | ebaeta | - |
| Boto in the Marathi language | ||
| बोटो | boto | - |
| Boto in the Hindi language | ||
| बोटो | boto | 69.23 |
| बोतो | boto | 23.08 |
| वोतो | voto | 7.69 |
| Boto in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྦོ་སྤྲོ། | botro | 33.33 |
| སྦོ་ཏོ། | boto | 33.33 |
| བོ་ཏོ། | boto | 33.33 |
| Boto in the Russian language | ||
| Бото | boto | - |
| Boto in the Arabic language | ||
| بوتو | bwtw | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Boto
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