Puleng Surname

760,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 376 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Puleng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puleng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2491:217,58122,863
Botswana941:23,2654,701
Lesotho261:78,1759,832
England21:27,859,030389,889
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Puleng (45,896) may also be a first name.

Puleng Last Name Facts

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

Puleng has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Puleng.

How Common Is The Last Name Puleng? popularity and diffusion

It is the 760,012th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 19,381,771 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Puleng live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Puleng is also the 19,857th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 45,896 people.

The surname Puleng is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 249 people, or 1 in 217,581. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: North West, where 60 percent reside, Gauteng, where 20 percent reside and Free State, where 10 percent reside. Besides South Africa Puleng is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 25 percent reside and Lesotho, where 7 percent reside.

Puleng Last Name Statistics demography

Puleng earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62% less than the national average, earning R 90,312 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pulleng9253/
Phuleng9221/
Puyleng926/
Pulaeng924/
Pauleng920/
Pulen91187/
Pullen8329,957/
Puling831,254/
Paulen831,028/
Peulen83862/
Poleng83862/
Poulen83283/
Pileng83100/
Puilen8330/
Pulent8330/
Puhlen837/
Pulhen835/
Puloen832/
Phulen831/
Putlen830/
Puslen830/
Pulend830/
Poulengue801/
Pauling773,446/
Pulling771,704/
Paulien77258/
Pulings7746/
Peuling7745/
Poulenc7726/
Pauleen7723/
Puillen7723/
Pullien7722/
Poullen7714/
Polleng7711/
Pouling777/
Paulent777/
Paullen776/
Polieng775/
Pouslen774/
Pugling774/
Pulleen774/
Pauslen773/
Pulllen772/
Paulaen772/
Puiling771/
Pulingk771/
Putlend771/
Phuleen771/
Polengh771/
Pholeng771/
Pullenn770/
Phuling770/
Pullend770/
Pautlen770/
Polen734,864/
Pulin731,731/
Pulyn73190/
Pulem7340/
Pauln7321/
Pólen737/
Pouln732/
Puhln731/
Pulén731/
Hpuln731/
Pulln730/
Paulienė71222/
Pullings71203/
Paulling71164/
Pulenová7128/
Pulenova7115/
Peulings7112/
Paulings713/
Paullien712/
Phuiling711/
Pautling710/
Poullaen710/
Poulling710/
Paulin6750,135/
Poulin6740,157/
Poling6710,284/
Pullin677,008/
Pulina672,436/
Pollen671,916/
Pullem67607/
Püllen67433/
Piling67402/
Pulhin67394/
Poelen67371/
Poulingue67360/
Poolen67327/
Pulinx67327/
Paulenová67172/
Pulyna67169/
Paulyn6780/
Puglin6764/
Polien6749/
Paulín6748/
Polehn6743/
Pullyn6731/
Polenc6730/
Pulyon6729/
Pilenc6724/
Pulion6721/
Pulenkova6718/
Polenk6716/
Puslin679/
Paulenova678/
Puhlin677/
Poulyn676/
Phulin676/
Piläng676/
Puleem675/
Poleen675/
Poläng675/
Pulgin674/
Paulem674/
Paulén673/
Paulne673/
Peulin672/
Paulìn672/
Pulink671/
Putlin671/
Puulin671/
Phulem671/
Paulnk671/

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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
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  • 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 Puleng
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