Buteye Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Buteye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 256 | 1:206,803 | 17,522 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Buteye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buteye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buteye is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Buteye.
How Common Is The Last Name Buteye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Buteye is the 996,001st most frequent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buteye reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 206,803. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 94 percent reside, Tabora Region, where 4 percent reside and Geita Region, where 2 percent reside. Barring Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also found in Senegal, where 0 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 Buteye
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