Bütow Surname

270,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,441 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bütow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bütow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,4071:57,2187,402
Denmark171:332,04223,714
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

The alternate forms: Butow (258) & Butów (1) are calculated separately.

Bütow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bütow has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Butow or Butów. For other possible spellings of Bütow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bütow? popularity and diffusion

Bütow is the 270,601st most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 5,057,284 people. Bütow is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Bütow are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 1,407 people, or 1 in 57,218. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 14 percent live and Berlin, where 11 percent live. Barring Germany this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Bütow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bütow has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 98 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bütow Last Name Statistics demography

Bütow earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 212.41% more than the national average, earning R 742,404 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Butow93258/
Büthow916/
Büttow916/
Butów871/
Bütof8015/
Buetow73966/
Buttow7399/
Botowa7376/
Beutow7362/
Bootow7335/
Butowt7326/
Bustow7313/
Boetow732/
Butowa731/
Bothow731/
Bhutow731/
Butgow730/
Bütthof6714/
Buettow6713/
Butowtt677/
Bhutowa673/
Buistow670/
Bhuthow670/

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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 Bütow
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