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Where Does The Last Name Butkus Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Butkus (Russian: Буткус) is found in Lithuania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Butkus.

How Common Is The Last Name Butkus? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 50,719^th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 720,683 people. The last name Butkus is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Butkus reside; 75 percent reside in Northern Europe and 73 percent reside in Baltic Europe. Butkus is also the 3,024,661^st most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 14 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Lithuania, where it is held by 7,315 people, or 1 in 415. In Lithuania it is most prevalent in: Kaunas County, where 28 percent reside, Klaipėda County, where 22 percent reside and Vilnius County, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Lithuania this last name occurs in 34 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Russia, where 2 percent reside.

Butkus Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (89%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Butkus surname are 16.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.4% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Butkus earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 16.81% less than the national average, earning 287,888 kr per year; in United States they earn 12.38% more than the national average, earning $48,490 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.02% more than the national average, earning $52,176 CAD per year.