Pulah Surname
Approximately 230 people bear this surname
Pulah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 189 | 1:699,731 | 54,319 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Pulah (113) may also be a first name.
Pulah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pulah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pulah (Hindi: पुलह, Marathi: पुलाह, Oriya: ପୁଲହ) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pulah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pulah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,076,574th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 31,684,982 people. The last name Pulah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Pulah live; 87 percent live in Southeast Asia and 87 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 881,625th most frequent forename world-wide It is held by 113 people.
The last name is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 189 people, or 1 in 699,731. In Indonesia Pulah is mostly found in: West Kalimantan, where 88 percent are found, Central Kalimantan, where 4 percent are found and South Kalimantan, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 10 percent are found and Malaysia, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pulah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pulah in the Hindi language | ||
| पुलह | pulaha | - |
| Pulah in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁଲହ | pulaha | - |
| Pulah in the Marathi language | ||
| पुलाह | pulaha | 93.33 |
| पूलाह | pulaha | 6.67 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Pulah
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