Boutros

English

Alternative forms

• Botros, Butrus

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Boutros (plural Boutroses)

1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Boutros is the 26598^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 916 individuals. Boutros is most common among White (90.07%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Boutros”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 207.