Butukan Surname

698,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 422 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Butukan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Butukan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines4161:243,36136,743
Qatar61:393,00055,922

Butukan (53) may also be a first name.

Butukan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Butukan is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Butukan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 698,433rd most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 17,269,066 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Butukan reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 66 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,366,219th most widely held given name at a global level, borne by 53 people.

The surname Butukan is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 243,361. In The Philippines Butukan is most prevalent in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 67 percent live and Soccsksargen, where 33 percent live. Not including The Philippines this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Qatar, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Butukane9330/
Bututkan932/
Boutoukan888/
Bautukang881/
Butucan86392/
Butokan86111/
Botukan8630/
Butikan862/
Butukam861/
Butukham8012/
Butucean801/
Buttikan801/
Bautucan801/
Butukhanova78190/
Butocan7185/
Botokan7156/
Botucan7119/
Butican711/
Butuccam672/
Boutican670/
Botocan57304/
Buticon572/
Butticon5333/

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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 Butukan
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