Butima Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Butima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Butima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda241:1,626,63757,482
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Butima (137) may also be a first name.

Butima Last Name Facts

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

The last name Butima (Oriya: ବୁଟିମା, Tibetan: བུ་ཁྲི་མ་) occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Butima? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,432,070th most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Butima live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 39 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 790,880th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 137 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 1,626,637. In Uganda Butima is primarily concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 50 percent are found, Bulambuli District, where 38 percent are found and Alebtong District, where 4 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Butimea9219/
Boutima921/
Buitimea868,674/
Buytimea86121/
Boutimah8612/
Boutisma8612/
Bouttima8612/
Bautisma868/
Boutaima865/
Bhuthima864/
Butimath863/
Bautimea861/
Butuma83136/
Botima83124/
Butime8340/
Butema8331/
Butimi831/
Bouthisma8018/
Boudtimaa801/
Bouchtima801/
Boutema77632/
Wuthima7741/
Buthuma7738/
Butumai7717/
Wuttima774/
Boutimi773/
Buteema773/
Butemau771/
Vuttima771/
Bhutuma771/
Butimoi771/
Bietima771/
Buttime771/
Buitema771/
Bootima771/
Buhtema771/
Butumma771/
Buttema771/
Butemma771/
Bustimi771/
Buttuma770/
Buttimer711,052/
Bhotimah717/
Boutemma714/
Bautismo713/
Buttemma713/
Boustimi712/
Buitemea712/
Wuitimea712/
Boutemaa711/
Boutimes711/
Buteme677,523/
Botema67454/
Butemi67337/
Botimi6768/
Wuthitmai6748/
Butemj6721/
Botimo6718/
Wotima677/
Bouthumma671/
Butemo671/
Vutema671/
Boutimitt671/

Butima Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Butima in the Tibetan language
བུ་ཁྲི་མ་butrima-
Butima in the Oriya language
ବୁଟିମାbutima-

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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 Butima
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