Butbut Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Butbut Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Butbut Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182

Butbut (25) may also be a first name.

Butbut Last Name Facts

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

The surname Butbut is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Butbut? popularity and diffusion

Butbut is the 5,057,639th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Butbut are found; 67 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 67 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Butbut is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 25 people.

Butbut is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea Butbut is primarily concentrated in: Madang, where 100 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 13 percent are found and Kenya, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boutbout8610/
Buttbutt862/
Bubout830/
Bubu806,078/
Bootbut772/
Bubus73669/
Bubui73205/
Bubud73149/
Bubau73111/
Bubou7336/
Bubuh7324/
Buubu739/
Buibu737/
Bubuy735/
Botbu734/
Bubuu733/
Bubuş732/
Bubuj731/
Bubhu731/
Bujbu730/
Boubou6717,069/
Busbus671,330/
Bhubhu67244/
Baubau67165/
Bubuis6770/
Beubeu6744/
Buibui6728/
Butboe6714/
Bubuch679/
Botbot678/
Baubou674/
Bushbu673/
Busbuy672/
Boubeu672/
Bubush672/
Busbau672/
Buubuu671/
Busbui671/
Bujbud671/
Bunput671/
Bubaus671/
Boubau671/
Buibus671/
Bootbu671/

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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 Butbut
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