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
Average Bulu Salary in
United States
$33,563 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bulu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bulu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bulu (Bengali: বুলু, Hindi: बुलु, Marathi: बुलु, Oriya: ବୁଲୁ, Tibetan: བ་ལུ་) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Bulú. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bulu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bulu is the 22,239th most common last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 298,035 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Bulu reside; 65 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 65 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 11,417th most widespread given name at a global level. It is borne by 87,849 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 15,736 people, or 1 in 8,404. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 95 percent are found, South Sulawesi, where 2 percent are found and North Sulawesi, where 1 percent are found. Barring Indonesia Bulu occurs in 41 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Bulu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Bulu are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for 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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- 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 Bulu
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