Pulam Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Pulam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 92 | 1:8,337,667 | 172,929 |
| Thailand | 47 | 1:1,502,944 | 203,155 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Pulam (924) may also be a first name.
Pulam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pulam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pulam (Hindi: पुलम, Marathi: पुलम, Oriya: ପୁଲମ) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pulam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,222,957th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 38,154,691 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Pulam live; 50 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Pulam is also the 266,476th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 924 people.
The last name Pulam is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 8,337,667. In India Pulam is primarily found in: Telangana, where 60 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 21 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 13 percent reside. Outside of India Pulam is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 25 percent reside and Indonesia, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pulam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pulam in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁଲମ | pulama | - |
| Pulam in the Hindi language | ||
| पुलम | pulama | 89.02 |
| पूलम | pulama | 10.37 |
| पुलाम | pulama | 0.61 |
| Pulam in the Marathi language | ||
| पुलम | pulama | 52.17 |
| पुलाम | pulama | 43.48 |
| ुलाल | ulala | 4.35 |
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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 Pulam
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