Pulkis Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Pulkis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 62 | 1:33,065 | 5,055 |
| Lithuania | 7 | 1:433,513 | 18,290 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Puļķis (1) are calculated separately.
Pulkis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pulkis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pulkis (Russian: Пулькис) occurs more in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Puļķis. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pulkis? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pulkis is the 2,168,711th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Pulkis live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 91 percent live in Baltic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Latvia, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 33,065. In Latvia it is most prevalent in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 45 percent live, Riga Planning Region, where 32 percent live and Latgale, where 19 percent live. Aside from Latvia it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Lithuania, where 9 percent live and Germany, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pulkis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pulkis in the Russian language | ||
| Пулькис | pulkis | - |
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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 Pulkis
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