Pulau Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Pulau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 76 | 1:107,286 | 14,507 |
| Indonesia | 69 | 1:1,916,655 | 121,671 |
| Malaysia | 30 | 1:983,141 | 44,226 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pulau (264) may also be a first name.
Pulau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pulau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pulau (Hindi: पुलऊ, Russian: Пулау) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pulau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pulau is the 1,276,805th most widely held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. The last name Pulau occurs mostly in Asia, where 57 percent of Pulau reside; 56 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 55 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 547,545th most commonly occurring forename in the world. It is borne by 264 people.
The last name Pulau is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 107,286. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Bougainville, where 79 percent live, New Ireland, where 11 percent live and East Sepik, where 7 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 39 percent live and Malaysia, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pulau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pulau in the Hindi language | ||
| पुलऊ | pula'u | 58.33 |
| पुलाऊ | pula'u | 25 |
| पुलउ | pula'u | 8.33 |
| फुलऊ | phula'u | 4.17 |
| पुलाउ | pula'u | 4.17 |
| Pulau in the Russian language | ||
| Пулау | pulau | - |
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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 Pulau
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