Gulu Surname
Approximately 2,141 people bear this surname
Gulu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 257 | 1:2,984,690 | 89,613 |
| Kenya | 247 | 1:186,963 | 13,986 |
| Nigeria | 246 | 1:720,093 | 33,031 |
| Indonesia | 237 | 1:558,013 | 44,900 |
| DR Congo | 219 | 1:337,350 | 29,912 |
| Papua New Guinea | 185 | 1:44,074 | 5,397 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Romania | 74 | 1:271,323 | 25,089 |
| Solomon Islands | 70 | 1:8,286 | 1,347 |
| Uganda | 68 | 1:574,107 | 31,082 |
| United States | 66 | 1:5,491,802 | 273,080 |
| Zimbabwe | 55 | 1:280,695 | 28,958 |
| South Africa | 55 | 1:985,049 | 61,274 |
| Namibia | 55 | 1:43,807 | 5,665 |
| Pakistan | 52 | 1:3,435,459 | 26,277 |
| Taiwan | 22 | 1:1,065,670 | 7,365 |
| Liberia | 21 | 1:209,930 | 13,691 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Azerbaijan | 15 | 1:643,275 | 11,348 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1:9,554,814 | 25,159 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Gülü (400) are calculated separately.
Gulu (7,344) may also be a first name.
Gulu Demographics
Average Gulu Salary in
United States
$39,944 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gulu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gulu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gulu (Bengali: গুলু, Georgian: გულუ, Hindi: गुलू, Marathi: गुलु, Oriya: ଗୁଲୁ, Russian: Гулу, Tibetan: གུ་ལུ་) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Gülü. Click here for other potential spellings of Gulu.
How Common Is The Last Name Gulu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 195,889th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,403,805 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Gulu live; 15 percent live in East Africa and 14 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gulu is also the 75,174th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 7,344 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 257 people, or 1 in 2,984,690. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Madhya Pradesh, where 76 percent are found, Bihar, where 7 percent are found and Odisha, where 4 percent are found. Beside India this last name occurs in 39 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 12 percent are found and Nigeria, where 11 percent are found.
Gulu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Gulu surname are 6.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.33% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gulu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 62.67% less than the national average, earning R 88,704 per year; in Colombia they earn 34.43% less than the national average, earning $14,885,500 COP per year and in United States they earn 7.43% less than the national average, earning $39,944 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gulu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gulu in the Georgian language | ||
| გულუ | gulu | - |
| Gulu in the Tibetan language | ||
| གུ་ལུ་ | gulu | - |
| Gulu in the Bengali language | ||
| গুলু | gulu | - |
| Gulu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗୁଲୁ | gulu | 94.43 |
| ଗୁଳୁ | gulu | 3.84 |
| ଗୂଲୁ | gulu | 0.19 |
| ଗୁଲ | gula | 0.19 |
| Gulu in the Marathi language | ||
| गुलु | gulu | 66.31 |
| गुलू | gulu | 24.47 |
| गूलू | gulu | 3.9 |
| गुळु | gulu | 2.84 |
| गुळू | gulu | 1.77 |
| Gulu in the Hindi language | ||
| गुलू | gulu | 51.61 |
| गुलु | gulu | 38.31 |
| गूलू | gulu | 6.05 |
| गुलुआ | gulu'a | 2.82 |
| गूलु | gulu | 0.81 |
| गुल्लू | gullu | 0.4 |
| Gulu in the Russian language | ||
| Гулу | gulu | - |
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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 Gulu
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