# Butala (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Slovene |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 671 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,894 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 460,127 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.3% (673 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed both from Slovene Butala, Gujarati બુટાલા (buṭālā), or Telugu బూతల (būtala).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Butala 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) | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 24% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Butala in the United States.

## People named Butala

- Jenna Elfman, American actress and producer

## Similar surnames

Battle, Botello, Badillo, Biddle, Bethel, Bedolla, Bedell, Botelho, Bidwell, Boutwell, Bedwell, Beadle.

## 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.