Butelezi Surname

108,214th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Butelezi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Butelezi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,7311:14,5211,832
DR Congo5681:130,07013,970
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Butelezi (193) may also be a first name.

Butelezi Last Name Facts

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

Butelezi occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Butelezi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 108,214th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,693,597 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Butelezi reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 653,740th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 193 people.

This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 3,731 people, or 1 in 14,521. In South Africa it is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 69 percent reside, Gauteng, where 19 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 5 percent reside. Besides South Africa it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.

Butelezi Last Name Statistics demography

Butelezi earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.92% less than the national average, earning R 119,016 per year.

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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 Butelezi
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