Butans Surname

1,257,535th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 183 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Butans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Butans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia1611:12,7331,887
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Denmark61:940,78647,603
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Butāns (6) are calculated separately.

Butans Last Name Facts

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

Butans (Russian: Бутанс) occurs more in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Butāns. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Butans? popularity and diffusion

The surname Butans is the 1,257,535th most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Butans are found; 95 percent are found in Northern Europe and 89 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 12,733. In Latvia it is most common in: Riga Planning Region, where 49 percent reside, Semigallia, where 26 percent reside and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Latvia Butans exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 4 percent reside and Denmark, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Butāns946/
Buttans923/
Boutans921/
Botans839/
Vutans836/
Butons831/
Buttons77216/
Boutons773/
Bustams771/
Butanch771/
Bustons771/
Bottans770/
Buttams770/
Bothans770/
Bustance7156/
Butanche7123/
Buttance710/
Botanz6723/
Botons673/
Bottons629/
Buttoms623/
Botoins621/
Wothans620/

Butans Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Butans in the Russian language
Бутансbutans-

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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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  • 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 Butans
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