Büttgen Surname

255,670th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,543 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Büttgen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Büttgen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,5351:52,4476,822
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

The alternate forms: Buttgen (199) are calculated separately.

Büttgen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Büttgen occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Buttgen. Click here to see other possible spellings of Büttgen.

How Common Is The Last Name Büttgen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 255,670th most widespread surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 4,722,972 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Büttgen are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 1,535 people, or 1 in 52,447. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 90 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent reside and Bavaria, where 2 percent reside. Other than Germany Büttgen exists in 6 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.

Büttgen Last Name Statistics demography

Büttgen earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.48% less than the national average, earning R 112,920 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buttgen95199/
Bottgen8650/
Buettgen80280/
Boettgen804/
Büsgen77493/
Büdgen7715/
Büßgen776/
Butgen774/
Botgen770/
Wittgen71455/
Beutgen71115/
Buetgen7130/
Büssgen7111/
Wottgen7110/
Buttsen712/
Wuttgen711/
Bottchen67129/
Büsen67105/
Buttchen6759/
Bugen6758/
Büschgen6749/
Büdingen6710/
Buetgenn671/

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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
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  • 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 Büttgen
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