Butugu Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Butugu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Butugu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda141:2,788,52078,087
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Butugu Last Name Facts

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

Butugu (Marathi: बुटुगु) is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Butugu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Butugu live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 2,788,520. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Sheema District, where 36 percent live, Mbarara District, where 14 percent live and Kampala District, where 7 percent live. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Butungu92203/
Buthungu861/
Botugu8330/
Butigu832/
Boutougou8021/
Wutungu771/
Boutoungou752/
Mputungu711/
Botougou711/
Woutoungou631/
Boutogou573/
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Butugu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Butugu in the Marathi language
बुटुगुbutugu-

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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 Butugu
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