Bulu Surname
Approximately 24,452 people bear this surname
Bulu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 15,736 | 1:8,404 | 1,090 |
| Turkey | 1,709 | 1:45,536 | 4,605 |
| DR Congo | 1,539 | 1:48,005 | 5,810 |
| Bangladesh | 1,352 | 1:117,867 | 4,824 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,281 | 1:6,365 | 416 |
| Nigeria | 718 | 1:246,717 | 14,287 |
| India | 498 | 1:1,540,292 | 57,480 |
| South Africa | 343 | 1:157,952 | 17,788 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Vanuatu | 157 | 1:1,677 | 485 |
| Tanzania | 151 | 1:350,607 | 25,844 |
| Solomon Islands | 131 | 1:4,428 | 552 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Malaysia | 115 | 1:256,472 | 14,435 |
| Liberia | 38 | 1:116,014 | 8,917 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Bulú (2) are calculated separately.
Bulu (87,849) may also be a first name.
Bulu Demographics
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Bulu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bulu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bulu (Bengali: বুলু, Hindi: बुलु, Marathi: बुलु, Oriya: ବୁଲୁ, Tibetan: བ་ལུ་) is found most in Indonesia. It may be found in the variant forms: Bulú. Click here for other potential spellings of Bulu.
How Common Is The Last Name Bulu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 22,239th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 298,035 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Bulu reside; 65 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 65 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Bulu is also the 11,417th most prevalent forename in the world It is held by 87,849 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 15,736 people, or 1 in 8,404. In Indonesia Bulu is most prevalent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 95 percent reside, South Sulawesi, where 2 percent reside and North Sulawesi, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia this surname is found in 41 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 7 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
Bulu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bulu last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.
The amount Bulu earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 56.38% less than the national average, earning R 103,668 per year and in United States they earn 22.22% less than the national average, earning $33,563 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bulu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bulu in the Bengali language | ||
| বুলু | bulu | 97.96 |
| ভুলু | bhulu | 1.02 |
| বূলূ | bulu | 0.51 |
| ভূলো | bhulo | 0.51 |
| Bulu in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁଲୁ | bulu | 96.11 |
| ବୁଲୁାଇଁ | bulua'im | 2.97 |
| ବୁଳୁ | bulu | 0.34 |
| ବୁଲୂ | bulu | 0.04 |
| ବୂଲୁ | bulu | 0.02 |
| ବୁଲା | bula | 0.02 |
| ବୂଳୂ | bulu | 0.01 |
| ବୁଲ | bula | 0.01 |
| ଦୁଲୁ | dulu | 0.01 |
| କୁଳୁ | kulu | 0.01 |
| ବୁଡୁ | budu | 0.01 |
| ବିଲୁ | bilu | 0.01 |
| ଡୁଲୂ | dulu | 0.01 |
| ବୁଲି | buli | 0.01 |
| ଜୁଲୁ | julu | 0.01 |
| କୁଲୁ | kulu | 0.01 |
| ଭୁଲୁ | bhulu | 0.01 |
| Bulu in the Marathi language | ||
| बुलु | bulu | 58.87 |
| बुलू | bulu | 31.91 |
| बूलू | bulu | 4.96 |
| बुळु | bulu | 2.84 |
| भुलु | bhulu | 0.71 |
| बुळू | bulu | 0.71 |
| Bulu in the Hindi language | ||
| बुलु | bulu | 42.31 |
| बुलू | bulu | 34.62 |
| बूलू | bulu | 16.15 |
| बूलु | bulu | 2.31 |
| बुल्लु | bullu | 0.77 |
| बोलू | bolu | 0.77 |
| बुलु़ | bulu | 0.77 |
| बुल्लू | bullu | 0.77 |
| Bulu in the Tibetan language | ||
| བ་ལུ་ | balu | 25 |
| སྦུག་ལུ། | buklu | 25 |
| སྦུ་ལུ། | bulu | 25 |
| བུ་ལུགས། | buluk | 25 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bulu
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