Bulú Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cape Verde
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Bulú Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bulú Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

The alternate forms: Bulu (24,452) are calculated separately.

Bulú Last Name Facts

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

Bulú is more frequently found in Cape Verde than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Bulu. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bulú? popularity and diffusion

It is the 11,742,229th most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Bulú reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Luso-West Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Cape Verde, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 529,642. In Cape Verde Bulú is most frequent in: Fogo, where 100 percent live. Beside Cape Verde Bulú occurs in one country. It is also found in Colombia, where 50 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bulu9224,452/
Bulut67195,127/
Bulus6791,988/
Buluç673,369/
Bulux671,924/
Builu671,426/
Bulau671,327/
Baulu671,216/
Buleu67820/
Bullu67645/
Bulgu67571/
Boulu67487/
Buluz67344/
Bulou67311/
Bului67301/
Bhulu67260/
Buluy67219/
Buluğ67156/
Buelu67123/
Buslu67102/
Bulho6791/
Buulu6776/
Buluh6769/
Bulyu6737/
Buylu6726/
Bulud6726/
Buloe6720/
Buliu6712/
Buluu679/
Buloo677/
Butlu676/
Bulló675/
Bauló674/
Bulhu674/
Beuló673/
Buluj672/
Buhlu671/
Buluș671/

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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 Bulú
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