Butwa Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Butwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Butwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Butwa (32) may also be a first name.

Butwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Butwa is most common in The DR Congo. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Butwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,141,416th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Butwa are found; 54 percent are found in Central Africa and 54 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most common first name on earth, held by 32 people.

Butwa is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Other than The DR Congo this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 36 percent live and Tanzania, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Butwat9149/
Buthwa914/
Bhutwa911/
Butway910/
Botwa8085/
Butua8055/
Budwa8023/
Butwi8013/
Butwe801/
Butwo801/
Buyteway7752/
Budway73251/
Butwet73192/
Budhwa73108/
Budwah7372/
Mputwa7369/
Butwid7364/
Botway7341/
Buttua7334/
Baudwa7311/
Budwat7310/
Butuah735/
Bautwi734/
Bhutua734/
Bhudwa733/
Buetua733/
Boutwe732/
Butuas731/
Nputwa731/
Botwea731/
Butuha731/
Boudwa731/
Butwhy731/
Boutua731/
Bhutwo731/
Budwha731/
Buttwy731/
Butweh730/
Boudway6765/
Bothway6734/
Buddhwa6723/
Butwich6710/
Budhwat676/
Bhudhwa671/
Boutwey671/
Boutweh671/
Budhwah671/

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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 Butwa
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