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
The surname Gulu (Bengali: গুলু, Georgian: გულუ, Hindi: गुलू, Marathi: गुलु, Oriya: ଗୁଲୁ, Russian: Гулу, Tibetan: གུ་ལུ་) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Gülü. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gulu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 195,889th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,403,805 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Gulu reside; 15 percent reside in East Africa and 14 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Gulu is also the 75,174th most common first name at a global level, borne by 7,344 people.
The last name Gulu is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 257 people, or 1 in 2,984,690. In India Gulu is mostly concentrated in: Madhya Pradesh, where 76 percent live, Bihar, where 7 percent live and Odisha, where 4 percent live. Other than India it is found in 39 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 12 percent live and Nigeria, where 11 percent live.
Gulu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Gulu surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Gulu last name are 6.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.33% being registered to vote for the 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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