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
The last name Pulkis (Russian: Пулькис) is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Puļķis. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pulkis? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,168,711th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. It 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 surname is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 33,065. In Latvia Pulkis is mostly found in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 45 percent live, Riga Planning Region, where 32 percent live and Latgale, where 19 percent live. Apart from Latvia it exists in 6 countries. It is also found 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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