Bulelani Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Iceland

Bulelani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bulelani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Bulelani (19,933) may also be a first name.

Bulelani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bulelani Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bulelani is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bulelani? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Bulelani occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Bulelani reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 37,883rd most frequently held first name on earth, held by 19,933 people.

Bulelani is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa it is most common in: Western Cape, where 78 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 11 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 17 percent live and Iceland, where 8 percent live.

Bulelani Last Name Statistics demography

Bulelani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.3% less than the national average, earning R 44,436 per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Bulelani
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