Butong Surname
Approximately 727 people bear this surname
Butong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 500 | 1:202,476 | 31,874 |
| Uganda | 113 | 1:345,480 | 22,807 |
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| Malaysia | 35 | 1:842,692 | 38,700 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Butong (1,103) may also be a first name.
Butong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Butong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Butong is most common in The Philippines. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Butong? popularity and diffusion
Butong is the 463,668th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 10,024,135 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Butong reside; 77 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 68 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 240,234th most commonly occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 1,103 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 500 people, or 1 in 202,476. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Central Visayas, where 43 percent are found, Northern Mindanao, where 22 percent are found and Davao Region, where 13 percent are found. Outside of The Philippines it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 16 percent are found and Cameroon, where 5 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 Butong
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