Bulima Surname
Approximately 787 people bear this surname
Bulima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 583 | 1:90,809 | 9,119 |
| Uganda | 70 | 1:557,704 | 30,541 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Bulima (112) may also be a first name.
Bulima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bulima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bulima (Oriya: ବୁଲିମା, Russian: Булима) occurs most in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bulima? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 436,213th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,259,906 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Bulima live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Bulima is also the 885,979th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 112 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 583 people, or 1 in 90,809. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mwanza Region, where 53 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 22 percent live and Tabora Region, where 21 percent live. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 9 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bulima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bulima in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁଲିମା | bulima | 93.75 |
| ବୁଲି | buli | 6.25 |
| Bulima in the Russian language | ||
| Булима | bulima | - |
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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 Bulima
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