Butu Surname
Approximately 12,215 people bear this surname
Butu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,736 | 1:27,003 | 3,384 |
| Indonesia | 2,219 | 1:59,599 | 6,559 |
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Nigeria | 1,165 | 1:152,054 | 9,627 |
| Romania | 1,126 | 1:17,831 | 2,304 |
| India | 825 | 1:929,776 | 40,018 |
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Kenya | 316 | 1:146,139 | 11,699 |
| Vanuatu | 236 | 1:1,116 | 281 |
| Papua New Guinea | 139 | 1:58,660 | 7,509 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Solomon Islands | 60 | 1:9,667 | 1,663 |
| Moldova | 56 | 1:63,596 | 8,738 |
| South Africa | 48 | 1:1,128,702 | 66,097 |
| Zimbabwe | 43 | 1:359,029 | 33,752 |
| Philippines | 31 | 1:3,265,749 | 145,701 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| Turkey | 26 | 1:2,993,132 | 85,930 |
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Butu (7,651) may also be a first name.
Butu Demographics
Average Butu Salary in
United States
$32,771 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Butu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Butu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Butu (Bengali: বুটু, Georgian: ბუთუ, Hindi: बूटू, Marathi: बुटु, Oriya: ବୁଟୁ, Russian: Буту, Tibetan: བོ་ཀྲུ་) occurs most in The DR Congo. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Butu? popularity and diffusion
Butu is the 42,624th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 596,606 people. Butu is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Butu live; 22 percent live in Central Africa and 22 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 73,179th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 7,651 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,736 people, or 1 in 27,003. Besides The DR Congo this surname exists in 47 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 18 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 14 percent are found.
Butu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Butu surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Butu earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 48.02% less than the national average, earning R 123,516 per year; in United States they earn 24.05% less than the national average, earning $32,771 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.18% less than the national average, earning $39,659 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Butu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Butu in the Georgian language | ||
| ბუთუ | butu | - |
| Butu in the Tibetan language | ||
| བོ་ཀྲུ་ | botru | - |
| Butu in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁଟୁ | butu | 90.68 |
| ବୁତୁ | butu | 3.92 |
| ବୁଟୂ | butu | 3.11 |
| ବୂଟୁ | butu | 0.41 |
| ବୁ଼ଟୁ | butu | 0.14 |
| ବୁଟି | buti | 0.07 |
| ବୁଟ | buta | 0.07 |
| ବୂତୂ | butu | 0.07 |
| ବୁଡୁ | budu | 0.07 |
| ବୂଟୂ | butu | 0.07 |
| Butu in the Marathi language | ||
| बुटु | butu | 63.89 |
| बुटू | butu | 25 |
| बूटू | butu | 8.33 |
| भुतु | bhutu | 1.39 |
| बुतु | butu | 1.39 |
| Butu in the Bengali language | ||
| বুটু | butu | 62.5 |
| বুতু | butu | 25 |
| বুত | buta | 12.5 |
| Butu in the Hindi language | ||
| बूटू | butu | 52.38 |
| बुटू | butu | 32.28 |
| बुटु | butu | 10.05 |
| बूटु | butu | 1.59 |
| बुतू | butu | 1.06 |
| बुतु | butu | 0.53 |
| बूतू | butu | 0.53 |
| Butu in the Russian language | ||
| Буту | butu | - |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Butu
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