Guluka Surname
Approximately 570 people bear this surname
Guluka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 444 | 1:38,557 | 5,632 |
| Uganda | 91 | 1:429,003 | 26,108 |
| Zimbabwe | 28 | 1:551,366 | 43,741 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Guluka (16) may also be a first name.
Guluka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guluka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Guluka (Hindi: गुलुका, Oriya: େଗାଲକା) is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guluka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 557,722nd most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 12,785,168 people. The surname Guluka is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Guluka reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 16 people.
Guluka is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 444 people, or 1 in 38,557. Excluding Malawi Guluka is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 16 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guluka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guluka in the Hindi language | ||
| गुलुका | guluka | - |
| Guluka in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗାଲକା | egalaka | 50 |
| ଗୁଲୁକା | guluka | 50 |
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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 Guluka
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