Bütikofer Surname

215,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,903 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Bütikofer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bütikofer 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
Switzerland1,8521:4,435646
Germany441:1,829,670103,431
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Butikofer (831) are calculated separately.

Bütikofer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bütikofer is found most in Switzerland. It may also occur as: Butikofer. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bütikofer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 215,799th most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 3,829,504 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bütikofer reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Switzerland, where it is borne by 1,852 people, or 1 in 4,435. In Switzerland it is most frequent in: Canton of Bern, where 52 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 11 percent live and Canton of Aargau, where 9 percent live. Apart from Switzerland it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 2 percent live and Czechia, where 0 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
Butikofer96831/
Büttikofer9563/
Bütigkofer954/
Buetikofer8491/
Buttikofer8437/
Beutikofer842/
Butikoffer841/
Buettikofer8064/
Buettikoffer765/
Buttekofer742/
Butecoffer630/
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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 Bütikofer
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