Gulama Surname
Approximately 364 people bear this surname
Gulama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 177 | 1:1,000,807 | 42,311 |
| India | 65 | 1:11,801,006 | 214,148 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Gulama (2,323) may also be a first name.
Gulama Demographics
Average Gulama Salary in
United States
$54,485 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gulama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gulama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gulama (Bengali: গুলমা, Hindi: गुलामा, Marathi: गुलाम, Oriya: ଗୁଲମା) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gulama? popularity and diffusion
Gulama is the 778,856th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,020,731 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Gulama reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gulama is also the 154,393rd most frequently occurring given name globally, borne by 2,323 people.
Gulama is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 177 people, or 1 in 1,000,807. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Yobe, where 72 percent live, Plateau, where 8 percent live and Kano, where 5 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in India, where 18 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 percent live.
Gulama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Gulama last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
Gulama earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.27% more than the national average, earning $54,485 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gulama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gulama in the Bengali language | ||
| গুলমা | gulama | - |
| Gulama in the Hindi language | ||
| गुलामा | gulama | 85.26 |
| गुलमा | gulama | 9.47 |
| गुलाम | gulama | 5.26 |
| Gulama in the Marathi language | ||
| गुलाम | gulama | 57.14 |
| गुलामा | gulama | 28.57 |
| गुलमा | gulama | 14.29 |
| Gulama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗୁଲମା | gulama | 53.85 |
| ଗୁଲାମା | gulama | 38.46 |
| ଗୁଳମା | gulama | 7.69 |
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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 Gulama
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