Pulamu Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Pulamu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pulamu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania481:1,102,95046,388
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Pulamu (10) may also be a first name.

Pulamu Last Name Facts

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

Pulamu (Hindi: पुलमू) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pulamu? popularity and diffusion

Pulamu is the 2,746,821st most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Pulamu are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 10 people.

Pulamu is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 1,102,950. In Tanzania Pulamu is primarily concentrated in: Iringa Region, where 98 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pulamau9253/
Pulaimu9213/
Pullamu923/
Pulhamus8635/
Pullamau8613/
Polamu838/
Pilamu831/
Paulhamus80485/
Pullhamus800/
Pullemu777/
Pulemau776/
Paulhamous753/
Paulhaumus753/
Paulhameus751/
Poloomu625/
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Pulamu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pulamu in the Hindi language
पुलमूpulamu-

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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 Pulamu
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