Pulapula Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Pulapula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 135 | 1:392,160 | 27,960 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Pulapula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pulapula Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pulapula is most common in Tanzania. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pulapula? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,380,086th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Pulapula live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 135 people, or 1 in 392,160. In Tanzania Pulapula is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 97 percent live and Arusha Region, where 3 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phulaphula | 89 | 11 | / |
| Pulapolla | 82 | 3 | / |
| Pullapolla | 78 | 9 | / |
| Pilapila | 75 | 23 | / |
| Polapola | 75 | 18 | / |
| Pulopulo | 75 | 18 | / |
| Pulópulo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pulopulos | 71 | 15 | / |
| Pollapola | 71 | 3 | / |
| Polapolla | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pulopullo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pulópulos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pholaphola | 67 | 13 | / |
| Poulopoulo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Poulopoulos | 63 | 2,001 | / |
| Poulopoulou | 63 | 1,018 | / |
| Paulopoulos | 63 | 4 | / |
| Paulopaulos | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pouliopoulos | 60 | 290 | / |
| Pouliopoulou | 60 | 87 | / |
| Pouloupoulou | 60 | 4 | / |
| Poulopoulous | 60 | 1 | / |
| Paulopoli | 59 | 1 | / |
| Polopolo | 50 | 178 | / |
| Pilopilo | 50 | 30 | / |
| Polopoli | 50 | 15 | / |
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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 Pulapula
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