Bultu Surname

263,596th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,486 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Bultu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bultu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,2881:75,7357,282
Nigeria1791:989,62441,927
Malaysia171:1,734,95470,664
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Bultu (423) may also be a first name.

Bultu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bultu (Bengali: বুল্টু, Hindi: बुल्टू, Oriya: ବୁଲ୍ଟୁ) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bultu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 263,596th most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,904,136 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bultu reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Bultu is also the 417,739th most commonly used given name at a global level, borne by 423 people.

Bultu is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Other than Ethiopia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 12 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bultut9113/
Bultou911/
Bultau911/
Boultou83142/
Bultaux8323/
Bulteux8314/
Baultou831/
Bulthus831/
Boltu8027/
Bultó8021/
Wultu8014/
Vultu800/
Bulthuis772,586/
Bulthaup77176/
Bulthaus7777/
Bulthuys771/
Baulthus770/
Boltau7320/
Boltuh732/
Boltou731/
Bolteu731/
Baulthoup712/
Builthuis711/
Boulthuis711/
Boeltau677/
Bousseltou671/
Woultou671/
Boltó607/
Woltu602/
Wolthu5521/
Wultoe551/
Boltão551/
Voltou551/
Woultoe501/

Bultu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bultu in the Bengali language
বুল্টুbultu-
Bultu in the Hindi language
बुल्टूbultu76.92
बुलटुbulatu15.38
बुल्टुbultu7.69
Bultu in the Oriya language
ବୁଲ୍ଟୁbultu50
ବୁଲଟୁbulatu50

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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 Bultu
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