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) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pulamu? popularity and diffusion

Pulamu is the 2,746,821st most commonly held last name globally, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Pulamu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Pulamu live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Pulamu is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held forename at a global level. It is borne by 10 people.

The surname Pulamu is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 1,102,950. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Iringa Region, where 98 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent live. Other than Tanzania Pulamu is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.

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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