Pulang Surname
Approximately 430 people bear this surname
Pulang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 161 | 1:476,910 | 28,814 |
| Philippines | 98 | 1:1,033,043 | 87,420 |
| Indonesia | 92 | 1:1,437,491 | 97,733 |
| India | 57 | 1:13,457,287 | 231,997 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Pulang (309) may also be a first name.
Pulang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pulang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pulang (Bengali: পুলং, Hindi: पुलंग, Marathi: पुलांग, Oriya: ପୁଲା) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pulang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pulang is the 688,723rd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 16,947,781 people. Pulang occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Pulang live; 51 percent live in South Asia and 37 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 500,178th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 309 people.
This last name is most frequent in Iran, where it is carried by 161 people, or 1 in 476,910. In Iran it is most frequent in: Bushehr Province, where 29 percent reside, Golestan Province, where 28 percent reside and Kerman Province, where 20 percent reside. Not including Iran it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 23 percent reside and Indonesia, where 21 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pulang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pulang in the Hindi language | ||
| पुलंग | pulanga | - |
| Pulang in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁଲା | pula | - |
| Pulang in the Marathi language | ||
| पुलांग | pulanga | - |
| Pulang in the Bengali language | ||
| পুলং | pulam | 60 |
| পুলঙ্গ | pulanga | 40 |
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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 Pulang
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