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
Buteme has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buteme? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 66,268th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 968,702 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buteme reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 6,871 people, or 1 in 5,682. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Manafwa District, where 43 percent are found, Bududa District, where 31 percent are found and Mbale District, where 13 percent are found. Not including Uganda it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 9 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
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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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