Kule Surname
Approximately 53,176 people bear this surname
Kule Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 35,532 | 1:1,099 | 116 |
| India | 6,242 | 1:122,888 | 7,938 |
| Somalia | 2,598 | 1:5,178 | 438 |
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Turkey | 1,424 | 1:54,650 | 5,354 |
| Nigeria | 1,412 | 1:125,455 | 8,224 |
| DR Congo | 1,279 | 1:57,764 | 6,911 |
| Papua New Guinea | 599 | 1:13,612 | 1,272 |
| Albania | 451 | 1:6,461 | 1,235 |
| Somaliland | 421 | 1:8,314 | 561 |
| Indonesia | 384 | 1:344,399 | 29,877 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| United States | 195 | 1:1,858,764 | 121,141 |
| Tanzania | 175 | 1:302,524 | 23,291 |
| Kenya | 102 | 1:452,744 | 23,898 |
| Solomon Islands | 87 | 1:6,667 | 995 |
| Czechia | 77 | 1:138,097 | 21,749 |
| South Africa | 65 | 1:833,503 | 55,653 |
| Latvia | 51 | 1:40,197 | 6,121 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| Greece | 27 | 1:410,363 | 54,524 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Lesotho | 16 | 1:127,035 | 12,091 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1:5,058,077 | 228,455 |
| Bulgaria | 8 | 1:872,363 | 31,900 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 1:1,505,272 | 5,843 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 56 | 1:896,762 | 54,350 |
The alternate forms: Kūle (2) are calculated separately.
Kule (6,998) may also be a first name.
Kule Demographics
Kule Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kule Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kule Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kule (Hindi: कुले, Marathi: कुळे, Oriya: କୁେଲ, Russian: Куле) is most common in Uganda. It may also be rendered as: Kūle. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kule? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kule is the 10,562nd most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 137,046 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Kule are found; 76 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kule is also the 77,563rd most commonly used first name globally It is held by 6,998 people.
This surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 35,532 people, or 1 in 1,099. In Uganda Kule is mostly concentrated in: Kasese District, where 76 percent live, Bundibugyo District, where 10 percent live and Kabarole District, where 4 percent live. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in 57 countries. It also occurs in India, where 12 percent live and Somalia, where 5 percent live.
Kule Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kule has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kule surname increased 348 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kule Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kule last name is primarily Muslim (67%) in Kenya and Christian (96%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Kule last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 83.33% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kule earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 45.66% less than the national average, earning R 129,144 per year; in United States they earn 14.64% more than the national average, earning $49,466 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.66% more than the national average, earning $51,998 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kule Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kule in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁେଲ | kuela | 91.67 |
| କୁେଳ | kuela | 8.33 |
| Kule in the Hindi language | ||
| कुले | kule | 76.67 |
| कूले | kule | 23.33 |
| Kule in the Marathi language | ||
| कुळे | kule | 70.09 |
| कुले | kule | 26.37 |
| कूळे | kule | 1.01 |
| कूले | kule | 0.98 |
| कुल | kula | 0.19 |
| खुळे | khule | 0.17 |
| ख़ुळे | khule | 0.14 |
| कुऴे | kule | 0.09 |
| कौले | kaule | 0.09 |
| ख्ुळे | khule | 0.02 |
| कुले़ | kule | 0.02 |
| कूूले | kuule | 0.01 |
| Kule in the Russian language | ||
| Куле | kule | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kule
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