Bulkiah Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Bulkiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bulkiah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1641:806,39861,285
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340

Bulkiah (317) may also be a first name.

Bulkiah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bulkiah is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bulkiah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bulkiah is the 1,300,225th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Bulkiah reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Bulkiah is also the 493,198th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 317 people.

The surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 806,398. In Indonesia Bulkiah is mostly concentrated in: South Kalimantan, where 43 percent live, Jakarta, where 22 percent live and Aceh, where 14 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 5 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bulkia9237/
Bulqiah8643/
Bulqia7712/
Bolkia7712/
Boelkia7117/
Bolqiah7112/
Bulqiaz711/
Bolqia6231/
Vulkya621/
Bolkyaa576/

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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 Bulkiah
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