Butiku Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Butiku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Butiku Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1101:481,28732,644
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Butiku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Butiku is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Butiku? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,674,734th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. Butiku is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Butiku live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 481,287. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 75 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 8 percent live and Mara Region, where 8 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boutikou861/
Butuku83298/
Buteku831/
Butesku7773/
Butukhu774/
Buthuku771/
Botiekou711/
Boteku67254/
Butykó6727/
Buitekaut670/
Butescu62340/
Bustescu576/
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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 Butiku
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