Pulapi Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

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

Pulapi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pulapi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India51:153,413,076951,030
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413

Pulapi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pulapi (Marathi: पुलपी, Oriya: ପୁଲପି) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pulapi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 60 percent of Pulapi live; 60 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India it is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 80 percent are found and Odisha, where 20 percent are found. Apart from India this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent are found and Nepal, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pullapi923/
Pulapa831,559/
Polapi8336/
Pilapi8324/
Pulapaa7766/
Polapoi7715/
Pullapa7713/
Pulappa7711/
Pulapet776/
Pollapi776/
Pilapiy773/
Philapi772/
Pilaphi771/
Pulapoy771/
Pilyapi771/
Pullappa71226/
Pullapoy7170/
Philaphi7133/
Pilaphai711/
Pulapher710/
Polapa672,100/
Pilape6730/
Polape6719/
Pulepe672/
Polopi671/
Pullapaha671/

Pulapi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pulapi in the Oriya language
ପୁଲପିpulapi-
Pulapi in the Marathi language
पुलपीpulapi-

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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
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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 Pulapi
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