Bulung Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Bulung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 156 | 1:847,751 | 64,043 |
| India | 56 | 1:13,697,596 | 234,369 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Bulung (131) may also be a first name.
Bulung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bulung Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bulung (Bengali: বুলুং, Hindi: बुलूंग, Oriya: ବୁଲୁ, Tibetan: བུ་ལུང་) is most common in Indonesia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bulung? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bulung is the 926,175th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 25,570,337 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Bulung are found; 61 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 59 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Bulung is also the 811,108th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 131 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 156 people, or 1 in 847,751. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: South Sulawesi, where 72 percent reside, East Kalimantan, where 10 percent reside and Central Sulawesi, where 8 percent reside. Other than Indonesia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bulung Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bulung in the Tibetan language | ||
| བུ་ལུང་ | bulung | - |
| Bulung in the Bengali language | ||
| বুলুং | bulum | - |
| Bulung in the Hindi language | ||
| बुलूंग | bulunga | - |
| Bulung in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁଲୁ | bulu | - |
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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 Bulung
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