Butakala Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Butakala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Butakala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Butakala Last Name Facts

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

Butakala occurs most in Tanzania. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Butakala? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,587,209th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Butakala live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Butakala is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania Butakala is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 17 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.

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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 Butakala
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