Burutu Surname

310,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,215 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Burutu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Burutu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1841:149,6149,503
Zimbabwe191:812,53955,590
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Burutu (160) may also be a first name.

Burutu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Burutu (Oriya: ବୁରୁତୁ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Burutu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Burutu is the 310,170th most frequently used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 5,997,980 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Burutu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Burutu is also the 725,185th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 160 people.

The last name Burutu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,184 people, or 1 in 149,614. In Nigeria Burutu is most numerous in: Delta, where 50 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 34 percent reside and Cross River, where 7 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Burutu occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.

Burutu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Burutu surname is primarily Christian (98%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Burutus924/
Bourutu923/
Bouroutu8615/
Busroutu867/
Bouruthu861/
Buritu8322/
Vurutu8314/
Borutu833/
Burotu831/
Bourouthu803/
Bhouruthu803/
Bouroutou801/
Bourotu77766/
Burrotu7719/
Baurotu778/
Boroutu771/
Burutoo771/
Boruttau7117/
Bhourotu7115/
Borotu6771/
Borrotu6212/
Bhorotu621/
Bourothu57116/
Burrothu573/
Bouritou571/

Burutu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Burutu in the Oriya language
ବୁରୁତୁburutu-

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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 Burutu
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