Pule Surname
Approximately 36,015 people bear this surname
Pule Surname Definition:
Pule is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: waterfalls.
Pule Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 17,888 | 1:3,029 | 397 |
| Uganda | 4,034 | 1:9,678 | 1,644 |
| Botswana | 3,795 | 1:576 | 7 |
| Zambia | 3,316 | 1:4,780 | 585 |
| Lesotho | 2,636 | 1:771 | 43 |
| India | 1,685 | 1:455,232 | 23,460 |
| United States | 420 | 1:862,997 | 65,593 |
| Mexico | 337 | 1:368,327 | 7,582 |
| Solomon Islands | 278 | 1:2,086 | 176 |
| Papua New Guinea | 231 | 1:35,297 | 4,189 |
| Philippines | 200 | 1:506,191 | 59,191 |
| Indonesia | 188 | 1:703,453 | 54,601 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Ecuador | 150 | 1:106,039 | 6,324 |
| Malta | 96 | 1:4,482 | 309 |
| Tanzania | 87 | 1:608,524 | 37,695 |
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Latvia | 69 | 1:29,711 | 4,547 |
| England | 66 | 1:844,213 | 44,691 |
| New Zealand | 64 | 1:70,755 | 10,593 |
| American Samoa | 52 | 1:1,072 | 148 |
| Australia | 42 | 1:642,755 | 44,739 |
| Namibia | 33 | 1:73,012 | 7,607 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Ukraine | 14 | 1:3,251,621 | 182,804 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
The alternate forms: Pulé (7) & Pulè (1) are calculated separately.
Pule (31,814) may also be a first name.
Pule Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Pule is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: waterfalls.
Pule Demographics
Average Pule Salary in
United States
$35,583 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pule Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pule Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pule (Hindi: पुले, Marathi: पुले, Oriya: ପୁେଲ, Russian: Пуле) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Pulé or Pulè. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pule? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 15,478th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 202,348 people. The last name Pule occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Pule live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 26,661st most frequently held forename in the world, held by 31,814 people.
The surname Pule is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 17,888 people, or 1 in 3,029. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: North West, where 34 percent live, Gauteng, where 32 percent live and Free State, where 17 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in 63 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 11 percent live and Botswana, where 11 percent live.
Pule Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pule has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pule surname rose 1,909 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pule Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Pule last name are 19.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 72.86% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Pule earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 36.64% less than the national average, earning R 150,564 per year; in United States they earn 17.53% less than the national average, earning $35,583 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.89% less than the national average, earning $38,805 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pule Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pule in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁେଲ | puela | - |
| Pule in the Hindi language | ||
| पुले | pule | 66.67 |
| पूले | pule | 33.33 |
| Pule in the Marathi language | ||
| पुले | pule | 55.56 |
| पुळे | pule | 29.63 |
| पौळे | paule | 10.37 |
| फुले | phule | 4.44 |
| Pule in the Russian language | ||
| Пуле | pule | - |
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