Buthelez Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Scotland

Buthelez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buthelez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943

Buthelez (27) may also be a first name.

Buthelez Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buthelez occurs most in South Africa. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buthelez? popularity and diffusion

Buthelez is the 4,772,636th most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Buthelez occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Buthelez live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Buthelez is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly used first name globally, held by 27 people.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 3,869,836. In South Africa Buthelez is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 57 percent are found, Gauteng, where 36 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 7 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Scotland, where 18 percent are found.

Buthelez Last Name Statistics demography

Buthelez earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.7% less than the national average, earning R 74,376 per year.

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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 Buthelez
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