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
The last name Butau (Hindi: बुटाऊ, Russian: Бутау) occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can also be found as: Bütau. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Butau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 218,263rd most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 3,882,550 people. The last name Butau is predominantly found 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 widely held first name worldwide, borne by 1,055 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,642 people, or 1 in 9,402. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 23 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 23 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe Butau occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 4 percent are found and Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.
Butau Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Butau last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political 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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