Pulkol Surname

315,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Pulkol Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pulkol Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,1871:32,8894,410
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pulkol (251) may also be a first name.

Pulkol Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pulkol is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pulkol? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pulkol is the 315,551st most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 6,129,139 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pulkol are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Pulkol is also the 562,655th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 251 people.

It is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,187 people, or 1 in 32,889. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Nakapiripirit District, where 33 percent reside, Moroto District, where 32 percent reside and Napak District, where 26 percent reside. Other than Uganda Pulkol occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pulkool925/
Pulkkool861/
Pulkal8340/
Polkol831/
Pullkotil804/
Pulkottil803/
Polkool771/
Pholkool7111/
Polkal6713/
Pulkattil671/
Pulcal671/
Phollkool671/
Pollkal621/
Polkall620/
Polkul509/

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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 Pulkol
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