Across the world, Mbute (Mbute 
) is a very rare principally male, but scarcely feminine forename. The forename Mbute is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly South Africa, where it is a very rare predominantly male, but very infrequently feminine name, and Tanzania, where it is a very rare masculine name. More frequently, Mbute is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Mbute | Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, United States, Tanzania |