Butenge Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Butenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Butenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Butenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Butenge has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Butenge? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Butenge are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 4,411,801. In Tanzania Butenge is primarily found in: Mara Region, where 75 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 8 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Butenge
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