Puls Surname

51,616th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,928 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Puls Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puls Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5,1921:15,5062,039
United States3,0601:118,45112,724
Australia4151:65,0507,790
Brazil2671:801,77729,074
Canada1451:254,10824,080
Poland1171:324,86137,737
Netherlands961:175,90825,337
Russia841:1,715,751112,504
Belgium711:161,92522,307
France611:1,088,897118,069
Moldova481:74,1959,744
Latvia401:51,2517,768
Denmark401:141,11812,512
Sweden311:317,63722,171
England311:1,797,35772,927
Ukraine241:1,896,779136,831
Mexico231:5,396,79230,197
Chile231:765,93416,989
Argentina201:2,137,171104,027
Finland181:305,37222,464
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Belarus91:1,055,67372,859
Slovakia81:667,05668,191
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
China31:455,773,85521,925
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4101:122,48511,900

The alternate forms: Püls (201) are calculated separately.

Puls (35) may also be a first name.

Puls Last Name Facts

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

The last name Puls (Russian: Пульс) is found most frequently in Germany. It can also be found as: Püls. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puls? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 51,616th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 734,040 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Puls are found; 55 percent are found in Western Europe and 54 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Puls is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 35 people.

The last name Puls is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 5,192 people, or 1 in 15,506. In Germany Puls is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 22 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 20 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 13 percent live. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 57 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 31 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.

Puls Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Puls has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 746 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,033 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Puls Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (80%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Puls last name are 17.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.6% registered with the political party.

The amount Puls earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 10.99% more than the national average, earning $47,892 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.66% more than the national average, earning $61,438 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Püls92201/
Pauls8913,411/
Pulse891,209/
Pules89738/
Pulst89730/
Pulos89708/
Pouls89660/
Pulsz8952/
Pulss8947/
Pulls8936/
Puhls8917/
Pulsh896/
Puyls891/
Poulos8011,336/
Paulse808,037/
Pulles802,119/
Paules801,792/
Poules80240/
Puglis8072/
Pulese8043/
Phulse8039/
Phauls8032/
Pulsch8031/
Poulse8028/
Paulls8024/
Pulhes8011/
Paulst807/
Peules806/
Phules803/
Pueles803/
Paulss802/
Pulsth801/
Poulls801/
Paulûs801/
Phouls800/
Pullse800/
Puslls800/
Pols754,008/
Pulz751,354/
Pulß7551/
Pulx751/
Poulhes73204/
Poulles7350/
Pouyles7322/
Pullese7314/
Paulles7314/
Puglies7310/
Paulsch735/
Pulsová735/
Paulhes733/
Pouless731/
Puglish731/
Puylese731/
Pulsova731/
Peulles731/
Pauless730/
Poulese730/
Poles673,956/
Poels673,865/
Piles671,331/
Pulce67762/
Pulze67507/
Pulch67177/
Polls67157/
Pools67129/
Pulez67124/
Phils6798/
Polsz6727/
Phols6718/
Pulehese6715/
Paulz6712/
Polss679/
Poulx672/
Pulshova672/
Puhlz671/
Paulx671/
Pugliess671/
Popoulos671/
Putelles671/
Putlz671/
Pfaulsch670/
Peulz670/

Puls Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Puls in the Russian language
Пульсpuls-

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Puls Reference & Research

PULS FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

PULS FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Puls
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