Gullah Surname
Approximately 349 people bear this surname
Gullah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 206 | 1:156,083 | 3,291 |
| India | 70 | 1:10,958,077 | 204,613 |
| Liberia | 30 | 1:146,951 | 10,677 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gullah (889) may also be a first name.
Gullah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gullah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gullah (Hindi: गुल्लाह) is borne by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gullah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 802,733rd most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 20,881,220 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Gullah reside; 84 percent reside in South Asia and 64 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Gullah is also the 272,584th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 889 people.
It is most common in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 206 people, or 1 in 156,083. In Afghanistan Gullah is primarily concentrated in: Herat, where 22 percent are found, Kabul, where 19 percent are found and Nangarhar, where 11 percent are found. Beside Afghanistan this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent are found and Liberia, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gullah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gullah in the Hindi language | ||
| गुल्लाह | gullaha | - |
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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 Gullah
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