Butesi Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Butesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 192 | 1:203,330 | 16,226 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Butesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Butesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Butesi is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Butesi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,185,157th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. The last name Butesi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Butesi are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 192 people, or 1 in 203,330. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Ntungamo District, where 22 percent live, Isingiro District, where 20 percent live and Mbarara District, where 13 percent live. Aside from Uganda this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buteesi | 92 | 3 | / |
| Bhutesih | 86 | 4 | / |
| Butezi | 83 | 77 | / |
| Butegi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Butisi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Butedji | 77 | 315 | / |
| Buteese | 77 | 5 | / |
| Buthezi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Butezzi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buteges | 77 | 1 | / |
| Butedzi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buitese | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bouterzi | 71 | 16 | / |
| Boutedji | 71 | 2 | / |
| Butiza | 67 | 158 | / |
| Butege | 67 | 30 | / |
| Butizi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Butteiger | 67 | 20 | / |
| Butije | 67 | 6 | / |
| Butice | 67 | 4 | / |
| Buteza | 67 | 4 | / |
| Botezi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Buteze | 67 | 3 | / |
| Butteesay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buteje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vutegi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouteirza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Butigi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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