Polu Surname

47,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,855 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Samoa

Polu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India9,6941:79,1285,347
Samoa3251:596179
Indonesia2031:651,47451,002
Turkey1741:447,25026,312
DR Congo1301:568,30443,658
United States961:3,775,614208,022
Papua New Guinea811:100,66313,542
American Samoa391:1,430249
France191:3,495,933219,029
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
England141:3,979,861125,553
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Liberia61:734,75629,369
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Polu (3,604) may also be a first name.

Polu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Polu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Polu (Hindi: पोलू, Marathi: पोलु, Oriya: େପାଲୁ, Russian: Полу) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Polu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Polu is the 47,640th most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 671,354 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Polu live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Polu is also the 117,833rd most frequently used given name in the world. It is borne by 3,604 people.

The surname Polu is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 9,694 people, or 1 in 79,128. In India it is primarily found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 56 percent are found, Telangana, where 40 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 2 percent are found. Beside India Polu is found in 38 countries. It also occurs in Samoa, where 3 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.

Polu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Polu are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% registered with the party.

Polu earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.57% more than the national average, earning $46,417 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Polus893,442/
Poslu891,066/
Pollu89227/
Polut89173/
Poulu89146/
Polou89122/
Polau89111/
Poolu8949/
Polup8941/
Potlu8938/
Polux8927/
Poliu8923/
Polui8922/
Poluś8913/
Polud897/
Poilu897/
Poylu895/
Pholu894/
Polyu894/
Poluh893/
Poluy892/
Pohlu891/
Poluu891/
Poluj891/
Poulou801,414/
Polius80829/
Polous80480/
Pollux80454/
Poulus80296/
Polhui80262/
Poluch80251/
Poleus80147/
Polaud80144/
Pouleu8082/
Pollus8057/
Pohlus8030/
Polguj8025/
Pollut8016/
Poolus8010/
Polush809/
Polyuh807/
Polyud806/
Poulut805/
Poolau805/
Potllu804/
Posluh804/
Potlui803/
Pohulu803/
Polahu803/
Polaus802/
Polyut802/
Polhud802/
Pottlu801/
Poluis801/
Poleuz801/
Ppollu801/
Phoulu801/
Pollou801/
Phollu801/
Polauh801/
Pohlau801/
Poillu801/
Poilou801/
Poilut801/
Poslau801/
Pollud801/
Pholut801/
Poolou801/
Poehlu800/
Polhus800/
Palu757,113/
Pulu755,137/
Pelu753,451/
Poló7512/
Polyuha731,078/
Polhuis73255/
Polleux73166/
Poulaud73154/
Polhout73115/
Pollaud7368/
Polhoud7353/
Polhaus7345/
Pouloux7343/
Poullou7339/
Polhuys7336/
Posluch7332/
Poulous7329/
Polluch7319/
Poileux7318/
Polusch7310/
Poehlau739/
Polhuha735/
Potellu734/
Pouleut734/
Polyuth733/
Pollaus732/
Poulius732/
Poulout732/
Pouylau732/
Phohleu732/
Pohlaus731/
Pohlhau731/
Poilous731/
Pollouh731/
Poloush731/
Poolust731/
Poullus731/
Poyluch731/
Poleush731/
Posloux731/
Pouleux731/
Pholaut731/
Phollux731/
Polloup731/
Poolhau731/
Polloud730/
Pollout730/
Polloux730/
Palau6713,217/
Palou677,047/
Palui676,027/
Palus674,146/
Pehlu673,107/
Pullu671,940/
Palut671,820/
Phalu671,820/
Pallu671,789/
Palud67863/
Paulu67672/
Paliu67664/
Paleu67482/
Peleu67424/
Pulut67395/
Puslu67312/
Pfulu67280/
Pohlhaus67242/
Põllu67240/
Pulau67179/
Paluh67163/
Phulu67157/
Palux67141/
Pulgu67133/
Pulou67127/
Peliu67122/
Palgu6790/
Phelu6777/
Polhuijs6766/
Pollhaus6765/
Puluh6763/
Pulus6760/
Poloe6752/
Polho6747/
Pelau6746/
Paalu6743/
Palyu6741/
Puluç6741/
Paluj6734/
Patlu6732/
Paluz6730/
Pályu6730/
Pochellu6730/
Peelu6729/
Palup6729/
Pottellu6728/
Polló6726/
Pálus6726/
Paluy6725/
Pulup6724/
Putlu6722/
Páluš6722/
Pouyllau6718/
Puliu6715/
Puluj6714/
Poluhová6713/
Paelu6712/
Poloo6712/
Peluh6711/
Pölgu6711/
Paluş679/
Paluś677/
Pulyu677/
Pului675/
Peluu675/
Poilloux675/
Puhlu674/
Paslu673/
Pahlu673/
Palhu672/
Paluu672/
Pohlhuis672/
Puleu671/
Pulux671/
Ppalu671/
Ppulu671/
Pholyuth671/
Păluț671/
Péleu671/
Puulu671/
Poullous671/
Pelui671/

Polu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Polu in the Oriya language
େପାଲୁepalu98.15
େପାଳୁepalu1.85
Polu in the Hindi language
पोलूpolu92.92
पोलुpolu7.08
Polu in the Marathi language
पोलुpolu56.99
पोलूpolu33.33
पोळूpolu6.72
पोळुpolu2.96
Polu in the Russian language
Полуpolu-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Polu
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