Pulkam Surname

642,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 472 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Pulkam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pulkam Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4621:1,660,31560,505
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Pulkam (85) may also be a first name.

Pulkam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pulkam is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pulkam.

How Common Is The Last Name Pulkam? popularity and diffusion

Pulkam is the 642,991st most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 15,439,716 people. Pulkam occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pulkam live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,039,322nd most frequent forename world-wide It is held by 85 people.

It is most common in India, where it is carried by 462 people, or 1 in 1,660,315. In India Pulkam is most frequent in: Telangana, where 91 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 8 percent live and Karnataka, where 0 percent live. Not including India this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 2 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pulkham924/
Pullkam921/
Phulkham861/
Polkam831,320/
Phoulkham801/
Pholkam779/
Poolkam777/
Polkham777/
Pollkam771/
Pholkham71291/
Philkham714/
Poolkham714/
Phoolkam711/
Polkom671/
Pholkom621/
Poolkoom572/
Polcom503/
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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 Pulkam
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