Bhalu Surname
Approximately 3,006 people bear this surname
Bhalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,609 | 1:294,007 | 16,612 |
| Indonesia | 213 | 1:620,888 | 49,115 |
| Nepal | 99 | 1:287,686 | 3,461 |
| Pakistan | 56 | 1:3,190,069 | 25,212 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Bhalu (9,789) may also be a first name.
Bhalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bhalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bhalu (Bengali: ভালু, Hindi: भालू, Marathi: भालु, Oriya: ଭାଲୁ, Tibetan: བྷ་ལུ།) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bhalu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 147,321st most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,424,333 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Bhalu are found; 92 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Bhalu is also the 62,145th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 9,789 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 2,609 people, or 1 in 294,007. In India Bhalu is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 50 percent are found, Odisha, where 18 percent are found and Madhya Pradesh, where 14 percent are found. Excluding India it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 7 percent are found and Nepal, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bhalu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bhalu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଭାଲୁ | bhalu | 93.91 |
| ଭାଲୁାଇଁ | bhalua'im | 2.54 |
| ଭାଳୁ | bhalu | 1.36 |
| ଭାଲୂ | bhalu | 0.86 |
| ଭଲୁ | bhalu | 0.86 |
| ଭାଳୂ | bhalu | 0.09 |
| ଭାନୁ | bhanu | 0.05 |
| Bhalu in the Bengali language | ||
| ভালু | bhalu | 75 |
| ভালুরাম | bhalurama | 25 |
| Bhalu in the Hindi language | ||
| भालू | bhalu | 74.38 |
| भलू | bhalu | 10.15 |
| भालु | bhalu | 7.49 |
| भलु | bhalu | 7.32 |
| भल्लू | bhallu | 0.08 |
| बालू | balu | 0.08 |
| भाळू | bhalu | 0.08 |
| Bhalu in the Marathi language | ||
| भालु | bhalu | 40.13 |
| भालू | bhalu | 33.05 |
| भलु | bhalu | 4.94 |
| भलू | bhalu | 4.72 |
| बाळू | balu | 3.65 |
| िभल | ibhala | 3.65 |
| भाळू | bhalu | 1.93 |
| बाळु | balu | 1.72 |
| भाळु | bhalu | 1.72 |
| भळु | bhalu | 1.07 |
| बालु | balu | 0.43 |
| भळू | bhalu | 0.43 |
| मळु | malu | 0.43 |
| हालु | halu | 0.21 |
| भादू | bhadu | 0.21 |
| मालु | malu | 0.21 |
| कालू | kalu | 0.21 |
| भाकु | bhaku | 0.21 |
| मळू | malu | 0.21 |
| भटु | bhatu | 0.21 |
| िभला | ibhala | 0.21 |
| भेालू | bhealu | 0.21 |
| Bhalu in the Tibetan language | ||
| བྷ་ལུ། | bhalu | 33.33 |
| བཱ་ལུ་ | balu | 33.33 |
| བ་ལུ་ | balu | 33.33 |
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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 Bhalu
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