Pulama Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Pulama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pulama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India161:47,941,586492,263
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pulama (1,749) may also be a first name.

Pulama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pulama (Bengali: পুলমা, Hindi: पुलमा, Marathi: पुलमा, Oriya: ପୁଲମା) has its highest incidence in India. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pulama? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pulama is the 4,116,508th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 70 percent of Pulama are found; 70 percent are found in South Asia and 70 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Pulama is also the 183,202nd most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 1,749 people.

Pulama is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 47,941,586. In India it is most prevalent in: Odisha, where 56 percent reside, Telangana, where 25 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 6 percent reside. Aside from India it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent reside and Nigeria, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pulama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pulama in the Bengali language
পুলমাpulama-
Pulama in the Hindi language
पुलमाpulama98.27
पूलमाpulama1.59
पुुलमाpuulama0.14
Pulama in the Oriya language
ପୁଲମାpulama80
ଫୁଲମାphulama10
ପୁଲାମାpulama10
Pulama in the Marathi language
पुलमाpulama66.67
पूलमाpulama11.11
पुलामाानpulamaana11.11
फुलमाphulama11.11

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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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  • 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 Pulama
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