Butshe Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Butshe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Zimbabwe | 90 | 1:171,536 | 20,949 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Butshe (27) may also be a first name.
Butshe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Butshe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Butshe is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Butshe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 928,396th most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 25,660,373 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Butshe are found; 63 percent are found in Central Africa and 63 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 27 people.
It is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 415,054. Aside from The DR Congo Butshe occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 32 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Butshe
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