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
The surname Gullah (Hindi: गुल्लाह) occurs in Afghanistan more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gullah? popularity and diffusion
Gullah is the 802,733rd most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 20,881,220 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Gullah are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 64 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Gullah is also the 272,584th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 889 people.
The surname Gullah is most widely held in Afghanistan, where it is held by 206 people, or 1 in 156,083. In Afghanistan Gullah is most prevalent in: Herat, where 22 percent are found, Kabul, where 19 percent are found and Nangarhar, where 11 percent are found. Beside Afghanistan it is found in 9 countries. It is also found 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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