Pulliah Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Guyana

Pulliah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pulliah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa471:1,152,71766,933
India141:54,790,384527,769
Guyana101:76,2225,818
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Trinidad and Tobago51:272,79511,064
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Pulliah (54) may also be a first name.

Pulliah Last Name Facts

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

Pulliah is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pulliah? popularity and diffusion

Pulliah is the 1,994,173rd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Pulliah reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 53 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Pulliah is also the 1,350,955th most widely held first name globally, borne by 54 people.

Pulliah is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 1,152,717. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 57 percent reside, Gauteng, where 32 percent reside and Western Cape, where 9 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent reside and Guyana, where 11 percent reside.

Pulliah Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Pulliah earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 6.8% more than the national average, earning R 253,788 per year and in Canada they earn 20.54% less than the national average, earning $39,477 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puliah926/
Pauliah86101/
Pullaiya806/
Pulija776/
Pullea774/
Puhlia772/
Pugliya71241/
Pulagia7111/
Pulegia7110/
Pulaiya719/
Paulița714/
Pulljad713/
Puleiya712/
Philiah711/
Pauliho711/
Paullea710/
Pullayya67375/
Pulja67299/
Pulea6732/
Phuljaha671/

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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 Pulliah
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