Puleni Surname

878,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 307 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Puleni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puleni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia1141:21,1353,646
South Africa841:644,97347,754
Zambia691:229,70914,265
Uganda191:2,054,69965,771
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Puleni (115) may also be a first name.

Puleni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Puleni (Hindi: पुलेनी, Oriya: ପୁେଲଣି) is borne by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Puleni? popularity and diffusion

The surname Puleni is the 878,878th most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 23,737,935 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Puleni reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Puleni is also the 873,022nd most numerous given name in the world. It is borne by 115 people.

It is most numerous in Namibia, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 21,135. In Namibia Puleni is mostly concentrated in: Ohangwena Region, where 46 percent live, Khomas Region, where 44 percent live and Hardap Region, where 4 percent live. Outside of Namibia this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 27 percent live and Zambia, where 22 percent live.

Puleni Last Name Statistics demography

Puleni earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.92% less than the national average, earning R 76,224 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pauleni92167/
Pulleni9237/
Pulenyi927/
Pulenio922/
Paulenis866/
Paulenio865/
Pulini83422/
Pulene8315/
Pulena832/
Paulenich8048/
Poulengai801/
Paulini774,423/
Pullini77270/
Paulena77243/
Pulgini77118/
Paulene7752/
Pulaini7737/
Paulíni7716/
Pulingi7711/
Poulini773/
Poulena773/
Phulena773/
Polenyi771/
Puleena771/
Poleini771/
Poulene771/
Peulene771/
Puleina771/
Paulinio71365/
Puleinge71116/
Pulleine71105/
Pulenets7199/
Paulinyi7185/
Paulinis7182/
Puilingi7118/
Pauliene7116/
Paulínyi7110/
Pouleena719/
Pulleyne718/
Pauleena717/
Poulioni714/
Pauleene712/
Paulenes712/
Paulinip711/
Pouliene711/
Paulényi711/
Pulinich711/
Pulleane710/
Pulliene710/
Polena67565/
Paulinich6760/
Puline6744/
Paulinuis673/
Polene673/
Polyni672/
Paulineis671/
Poléni671/
Pauleenaa671/
Poleny670/
Polenj670/

Puleni Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Puleni in the Hindi language
पुलेनीpuleni-
Puleni in the Oriya language
ପୁେଲଣିpuelani-

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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 Puleni
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