Butuba Surname

654,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 461 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Butuba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Butuba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3771:140,42912,917
Kenya811:570,12227,144
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Butuba (26) may also be a first name.

Butuba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Butuba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Butuba (Hindi: बुटुबा, Russian: Бутуба) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Butuba.

How Common Is The Last Name Butuba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Butuba is the 654,010th most frequent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 15,808,126 people. Butuba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Butuba live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 26 people.

Butuba is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 377 people, or 1 in 140,429. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mwanza Region, where 96 percent reside, Mara Region, where 2 percent reside and Geita Region, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 18 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bustuba921/
Boutouba861,264/
Butuwa8349/
Butiba838/
Botuba832/
Butube832/
Butuva831/
Boutoubat80154/
Bouttouba801/
Boutoba77103/
Butibai778/
Boutubo777/
Mputuba771/
Botouba771/
Boutube771/
Buttube771/
Boutouwa7112/
Boutoube718/
Bothubai713/
Buttibai713/
Butuswat711/
Bouttiba711/
Boutibai711/
Boutibaj711/
Bietouba711/
Bouttoba711/
Botuwa67723/
Botoba6721/
Butobo6713/
Boutoubou677/
Butobe673/
Butibo671/
Butuwo671/
Boutouwai671/
Boutoubei671/
Wotuba671/
Botubo671/
Wutubo671/
Butobi671/

Butuba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Butuba in the Hindi language
बुटुबाbutuba80
बूटूबाbutuba20
Butuba in the Russian language
Бутубаbutuba-

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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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  • 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 Butuba
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