Butesi Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Butesi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Butesi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1921:203,33016,226
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Butesi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Butesi occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Butesi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Butesi is the 1,185,157th most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Butesi live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Butesi is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 192 people, or 1 in 203,330. In Uganda Butesi is most common in: Ntungamo District, where 22 percent live, Isingiro District, where 20 percent live and Mbarara District, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buteesi923/
Bhutesih864/
Butezi8377/
Butegi832/
Butisi831/
Butedji77315/
Buteese775/
Buthezi773/
Butezzi771/
Buteges771/
Butedzi771/
Buitese771/
Bouterzi7116/
Boutedji712/
Butiza67158/
Butege6730/
Butizi6721/
Butteiger6720/
Butije676/
Butice674/
Buteza674/
Botezi674/
Buteze673/
Butteesay671/
Buteje671/
Vutegi671/
Bouteirza671/
Butigi671/

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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 Butesi
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