# Boutros (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/boutros/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 916 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,598 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 337,058 people |
| Change since 2000 | +28% (717 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Botros, Butrus |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بُطْرُس (buṭrus, “Peter”). Doublet of Peter. This surname is predominantly found in Iraq.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boutros in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.5% |

## Similar surnames

Butters, Botros, Buttars, Boudreaux, Boatwright, Boatright, Batres, Buitrago, Bedrosian, Beatrice, Betters, Bathurst.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.