Buteta Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Buteta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buteta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania951:557,28035,395
Kenya121:3,848,32540,366
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Buteta Last Name Facts

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

Buteta is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buteta? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,765,740th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The last name Buteta is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Buteta are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 557,280. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 87 percent live, Kigoma Region, where 9 percent live and Arusha Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 11 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

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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 Buteta
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