Butau Surname
Approximately 1,877 people bear this surname
Butau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,642 | 1:9,402 | 1,167 |
| Zambia | 74 | 1:214,188 | 13,668 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
The alternate forms: Bütau (6) are calculated separately.
Butau (1,055) may also be a first name.
Butau Demographics
Average Butau Salary in
United States
$49,912 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Butau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Butau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Butau (Hindi: बुटाऊ, Russian: Бутау) is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Bütau. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Butau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 218,263rd most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 3,882,550 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Butau are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 246,481st most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 1,055 people.
It is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,642 people, or 1 in 9,402. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 23 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 23 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 21 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this last name exists in 18 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 4 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 percent live.
Butau Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Butau last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.
Butau earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.67% more than the national average, earning $49,912 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Butau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Butau in the Hindi language | ||
| बुटाऊ | buta'u | 67.27 |
| बुटाउ | buta'u | 16.36 |
| बुताऊ | buta'u | 6.36 |
| बुटऊ | buta'u | 2.73 |
| बुटउआ | buta'u'a | 2.73 |
| बूटाऊ | buta'u | 0.91 |
| बुतउ | buta'u | 0.91 |
| बुटउ | buta'u | 0.91 |
| Butau in the Russian language | ||
| Бутау | butau | - |
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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 Butau
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