Bukutu Surname

361,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 999 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Bukutu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Bukutu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo6431:114,89812,589
Zimbabwe1911:80,82811,815
Tanzania1291:410,40028,884
Uganda191:2,054,69965,771
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Swaziland41:324,550996
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
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Bukutu (69) may also be a first name.

Bukutu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bukutu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bukutu is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bukutu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 361,972nd most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,294,841 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bukutu live; 64 percent live in Central Africa and 64 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bukutu is also the 1,171,416th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 69 people.

The surname Bukutu is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 643 people, or 1 in 114,898. Besides The DR Congo Bukutu exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 19 percent live and Tanzania, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bukuutu926/
Bukuthu921/
Buukutu921/
Bokutu83223/
Bukitu8364/
Boukoutou8014/
Mpukutu7771/
Bukittu773/
Bukkitu771/
Bokkutu771/
Bokutuu771/
Bokoutou7134/
Bukkittu718/
Bokotu6713/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Bukutu
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