Butje Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Butje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Bütje (18) are calculated separately.
Butje (542) may also be a first name.
Butje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Butje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Butje is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Bütje. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Butje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Butje is the 2,273,756th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. Butje occurs mostly in Africa, where 46 percent of Butje reside; 46 percent reside in Southern Africa and 46 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Butje is also the 361,930th most commonly used given name at a global level It is held by 542 people.
It is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 498,008. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Matabeleland South Province, where 94 percent reside, Bulawayo Province, where 3 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 33 percent reside and Indonesia, where 19 percent reside.
Butje Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Butje has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Butje last name fell 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Butje
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