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

Bütow occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Butow or Butów. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bütow.

How Common Is The Last Name Bütow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 270,601st most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,057,284 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Bütow live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 1,407 people, or 1 in 57,218. In Germany Bütow is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 14 percent live and Berlin, where 11 percent live. Other than 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 prevalency of Bütow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bütow surname fell 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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