Pulaski Surname

162,354th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,679 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Pulaski Surname Definition:

(Polish) One who came from Pulawy, in Poland.

Pulaski Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3901:151,65615,572
Israel2521:33,9594,757
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Mongolia41:706,32211,365
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1321:380,44528,529

Pulaski (16) may also be a first name.

Pulaski Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish) One who came from Pulawy, in Poland.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Pulaski Last Name Facts

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

Pulaski (Russian: Пуласки) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Pulaski click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pulaski? popularity and diffusion

It is the 162,354th most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,720,249 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Pulaski are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Pulaski is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 16 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 2,390 people, or 1 in 151,656. In The United States Pulaski is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 9 percent live, New York, where 9 percent live and Texas, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 9 percent live and Poland, where 0 percent live.

Pulaski Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pulaski has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,811 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pulaski Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pulaski last name are 9.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.52% registered to vote for the party.

Pulaski earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.04% more than the national average, earning $44,461 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pulaski Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pulaski in the Russian language
Пуласкиpulaski-

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