Butenschön Surname
Approximately 632 people bear this surname
Butenschön Surname User-submission:
The name originates from northern German dialect called Plattdeutsch, meaning beautiful outside, or its beautiful outside. Buten/Butten is Plattdeutsch for 'outside' and schön means 'beautiful'.
Butenschön Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 630 | 1:127,786 | 15,588 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Butenschön Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name originates from northern German dialect called Plattdeutsch, meaning beautiful outside, or its beautiful outside. Buten/Butten is Plattdeutsch for 'outside' and schön means 'beautiful'.
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Where Does The Last Name Butenschön Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Butenschön occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Butenschön click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Butenschön? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 515,938th most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 11,530,927 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Butenschön are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Butenschön is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 630 people, or 1 in 127,786. In Germany Butenschön is mostly found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 62 percent live, Hamburg, where 16 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 8 percent live. Barring Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 0 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttenschön | 95 | 95 | / |
| Butenschöhn | 95 | 1 | / |
| Butenschøn | 90 | 26 | / |
| Butenschen | 90 | 0 | / |
| Butenschoen | 86 | 270 | / |
| Buttenschøn | 86 | 19 | / |
| Butenchen | 84 | 1 | / |
| Buttenschoen | 82 | 12 | / |
| Butingin | 56 | 1 | / |
| Buttingen | 53 | 2 | / |
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