Buteme Surname
Approximately 7,523 people bear this surname
Buteme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6,871 | 1:5,682 | 1,015 |
| Tanzania | 645 | 1:82,080 | 8,399 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Buteme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buteme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buteme occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buteme? popularity and diffusion
The last name Buteme is the 66,268th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 968,702 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buteme are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 52 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 6,871 people, or 1 in 5,682. In Uganda Buteme is primarily concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 43 percent live, Bududa District, where 31 percent live and Mbale District, where 13 percent live. Besides Uganda this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 9 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
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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 Buteme
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