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
The surname Butu (Bengali: বুটু, Georgian: ბუთუ, Hindi: बूटू, Marathi: बुटु, Oriya: ବୁଟୁ, Russian: Буту, Tibetan: བོ་ཀྲུ་) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Butu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 42,624th most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 596,606 people. The last name Butu is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Butu reside; 22 percent reside in Central Africa and 22 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 73,179th most frequently held forename world-wide It is held by 7,651 people.
The surname Butu is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,736 people, or 1 in 27,003. Outside of The DR Congo it exists in 47 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 18 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 14 percent reside.
Butu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly 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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