Butans Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Butans Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 161 | 1:12,733 | 1,887 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
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
The last name Butans (Russian: Бутанс) is more frequently found in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Butāns. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Butans? popularity and diffusion
The last name Butans is the 1,257,535th most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Butans live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 89 percent live in Baltic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Latvia, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 12,733. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 49 percent live, Semigallia, where 26 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 16 percent live. Outside of Latvia Butans occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 4 percent live and Denmark, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butāns | 94 | 6 | / |
| Buttans | 92 | 3 | / |
| Boutans | 92 | 1 | / |
| Botans | 83 | 9 | / |
| Vutans | 83 | 6 | / |
| Butons | 83 | 1 | / |
| Buttons | 77 | 216 | / |
| Boutons | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bustams | 77 | 1 | / |
| Butanch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bustons | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bottans | 77 | 0 | / |
| Buttams | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bothans | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bustance | 71 | 56 | / |
| Butanche | 71 | 23 | / |
| Buttance | 71 | 0 | / |
| Botanz | 67 | 23 | / |
| Botons | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bottons | 62 | 9 | / |
| Buttoms | 62 | 3 | / |
| Botoins | 62 | 1 | / |
| Wothans | 62 | 0 | / |
Butans Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Butans in the Russian language | ||
| Бутанс | butans | - |
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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 Butans
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