Pulm Surname

1,020,242nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 248 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pulm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Pulm 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
Germany2021:398,54236,874
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
France81:8,302,840321,660
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Pülm (156) are calculated separately.

Pulm Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pulm occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Pülm. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pulm? popularity and diffusion

Pulm is the 1,020,242nd most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 29,385,266 people. The surname Pulm is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Pulm reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 398,542. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 75 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 11 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 6 percent live and Argentina, where 5 percent live.

Pulm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pulm has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pulm last name expanded 125 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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
Pülm92156/
Pulme8910/
Paulm895/
Pfulm891/
Phulm891/
Peulm890/
Paulme80643/
Pfaulm801/
Polm75387/
Philm672/
Pollm671/
Poolme605/
Pfolmm601/
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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 Pulm
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