Butnap Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Butnap Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Butnap (23) may also be a first name.
Butnap Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Butnap Come From? nationality or country of origin
Butnap occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Butnap.
How Common Is The Last Name Butnap? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,511,557th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Butnap are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Butnap is also the 2,239,265th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 23 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 76 percent are found, Taraba, where 12 percent are found and Niger, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Butnap
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