Bula Surname
Approximately 45,174 people bear this surname
Bula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 10,562 | 1:6,995 | 852 |
| Angola | 7,690 | 1:3,510 | 526 |
| Ethiopia | 3,542 | 1:27,540 | 3,358 |
| Colombia | 3,481 | 1:13,724 | 1,277 |
| Philippines | 2,770 | 1:36,548 | 5,615 |
| India | 2,219 | 1:345,681 | 18,932 |
| Poland | 1,645 | 1:23,106 | 3,503 |
| Nigeria | 1,518 | 1:116,695 | 7,738 |
| Indonesia | 1,376 | 1:96,111 | 9,989 |
| Malawi | 889 | 1:19,257 | 3,006 |
| Thailand | 764 | 1:92,459 | 12,990 |
| Fiji | 754 | 1:1,186 | 145 |
| Ukraine | 746 | 1:61,022 | 8,811 |
| United States | 732 | 1:495,162 | 41,717 |
| Switzerland | 527 | 1:15,584 | 2,561 |
| South Africa | 521 | 1:103,988 | 12,572 |
| Papua New Guinea | 505 | 1:16,146 | 1,594 |
| Latvia | 395 | 1:5,190 | 716 |
| Argentina | 325 | 1:131,518 | 11,138 |
| Czechia | 304 | 1:34,979 | 5,735 |
| Peru | 287 | 1:110,746 | 6,750 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| France | 228 | 1:291,328 | 44,676 |
| Venezuela | 222 | 1:136,054 | 4,371 |
| Botswana | 221 | 1:9,896 | 1,823 |
| Uruguay | 206 | 1:16,659 | 1,873 |
| Hungary | 199 | 1:49,328 | 5,265 |
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| Solomon Islands | 193 | 1:3,005 | 304 |
| Germany | 189 | 1:425,955 | 38,510 |
| Canada | 179 | 1:205,841 | 20,025 |
| Tanzania | 151 | 1:350,607 | 25,844 |
| Brazil | 125 | 1:1,712,595 | 55,994 |
| England | 121 | 1:460,480 | 30,233 |
| Zimbabwe | 118 | 1:130,833 | 17,313 |
| Russia | 102 | 1:1,412,971 | 98,464 |
| Spain | 83 | 1:563,278 | 26,988 |
| Cameroon | 77 | 1:269,728 | 25,950 |
| Iran | 76 | 1:1,010,296 | 46,499 |
| Turkey | 64 | 1:1,215,960 | 51,402 |
| Panama | 57 | 1:68,636 | 2,986 |
| Taiwan | 48 | 1:488,432 | 3,698 |
| Lesotho | 42 | 1:48,394 | 7,686 |
| Uganda | 40 | 1:975,982 | 42,738 |
| Australia | 37 | 1:729,614 | 48,196 |
| Romania | 35 | 1:573,653 | 41,852 |
| Kazakhstan | 33 | 1:535,833 | 38,572 |
| Puerto Rico | 33 | 1:107,580 | 1,644 |
| Gibraltar | 32 | 1:1,061 | 232 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Zambia | 18 | 1:880,551 | 28,935 |
| Austria | 16 | 1:532,215 | 49,801 |
| Croatia | 15 | 1:281,907 | 28,677 |
| Kosovo | 15 | 1:124,125 | 6,042 |
| Belarus | 10 | 1:950,106 | 68,851 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 47 | 1:1,068,483 | 62,061 |
The alternate forms: Büla (10) & Buļa (2) are calculated separately.
Bula (53,338) may also be a first name.
Bula Demographics
Bula Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Bula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bula Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bula (Bengali: বুলা, Hindi: बुला, Marathi: बुला, Oriya: ବୁଲା, Russian: Була, Tibetan: བུ་ལ།) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Büla or Buļa. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bula? popularity and diffusion
It is the 12,432nd most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 161,322 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Bula live; 24 percent live in Central Africa and 24 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 17,512th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 53,338 people.
Bula is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 10,562 people, or 1 in 6,995. Excluding The DR Congo it exists in 106 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 17 percent live and Ethiopia, where 8 percent live.
Bula Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bula has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bula last name rose 1,557 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bula Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia, Christian (74%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (58%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Bula surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Bula earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 0.74% more than the national average, earning 348,626 kr per year; in Peru they earn 44.34% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,789 per year; in South Africa they earn 32.79% more than the national average, earning R 315,552 per year; in Colombia they earn 6.97% less than the national average, earning $21,119,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.61% more than the national average, earning $46,432 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.61% more than the national average, earning $58,930 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bula Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bula in the Tibetan language | ||
| བུ་ལ། | bula | - |
| Bula in the Bengali language | ||
| বুলা | bula | - |
| Bula in the Marathi language | ||
| बुला | bula | 96.25 |
| बुळा | bula | 2.13 |
| बूला | bula | 1.63 |
| Bula in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁଲା | bula | 95.24 |
| ବୁଲାାଇଁ | bulaa'im | 2.74 |
| ବୁଲ | bula | 1.44 |
| ବୁଲୁ | bulu | 0.11 |
| ବୁଳା | bula | 0.11 |
| ବୂଲା | bula | 0.07 |
| ବୂଲ | bula | 0.04 |
| ଦୁଲା | dula | 0.04 |
| Bula in the Hindi language | ||
| बुला | bula | 70.94 |
| बूला | bula | 28.63 |
| भूला | bhula | 0.14 |
| बुल्ला | bulla | 0.14 |
| तुला | tula | 0.14 |
| Bula in the Russian language | ||
| Була | bula | - |
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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
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