Pulu Surname
Approximately 5,137 people bear this surname
Pulu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,895 | 1:69,788 | 7,520 |
| India | 923 | 1:831,057 | 36,905 |
| DR Congo | 595 | 1:124,167 | 13,438 |
| Papua New Guinea | 447 | 1:18,241 | 1,836 |
| Tonga | 350 | 1:307 | 69 |
| Zambia | 258 | 1:61,434 | 5,541 |
| United States | 245 | 1:1,479,424 | 101,022 |
| Brazil | 49 | 1:4,368,864 | 116,514 |
| American Samoa | 47 | 1:1,186 | 177 |
| South Africa | 44 | 1:1,231,311 | 69,478 |
| New Zealand | 42 | 1:107,817 | 14,061 |
| Liberia | 41 | 1:107,525 | 8,436 |
| Solomon Islands | 31 | 1:18,711 | 3,619 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| Afghanistan | 25 | 1:1,286,127 | 11,103 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Niue | 7 | 1:231 | 55 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nauru | 1 | 1:11,879 | 452 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
The alternate forms: Pülü (79) are calculated separately.
Pulu (4,021) may also be a first name.
Pulu Demographics
Average Pulu Salary in
United States
$40,451 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pulu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pulu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pulu (Bengali: পুলু, Georgian: ფულუ, Hindi: पुलू, Marathi: पुलु, Oriya: ପୁଲୁ, Tibetan: པུ་ལུ།) is found most in Indonesia. It may also occur as a variant: Pülü. For other potential spellings of Pulu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pulu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 92,961st most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,418,638 people. The last name Pulu occurs mostly in Asia, where 55 percent of Pulu are found; 37 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 37 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 110,066th most frequently used forename on earth. It is borne by 4,021 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,895 people, or 1 in 69,788. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 25 percent live, North Sulawesi, where 17 percent live and Maluku, where 13 percent live. Apart from Indonesia this surname is found in 35 countries. It is also found in India, where 18 percent live and The DR Congo, where 12 percent live.
Pulu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Pulu surname are 20.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 73.47% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Pulu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 66.48% less than the national average, earning R 79,656 per year and in United States they earn 6.25% less than the national average, earning $40,451 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pulu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pulu in the Bengali language | ||
| পুলু | pulu | - |
| Pulu in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁଲୁ | pulu | 96.62 |
| ପୁଳୁ | pulu | 2.36 |
| ପୁଲୂ | pulu | 0.68 |
| Pulu in the Marathi language | ||
| पुलु | pulu | 73.68 |
| पुलू | pulu | 15.79 |
| पुळू | pulu | 10.53 |
| Pulu in the Hindi language | ||
| पुलू | pulu | 62.96 |
| पूलू | pulu | 22.22 |
| पुलु | pulu | 14.81 |
| Pulu in the Georgian language | ||
| ფულუ | pulu | 60 |
| პულუ | pulu | 40 |
| Pulu in the Tibetan language | ||
| པུ་ལུ། | pulu | 28.57 |
| སྤུ་ལུ། | pulu | 28.57 |
| པུ་ལུ་ | pulu | 14.29 |
| སྤུ་ལོགས། | pulok | 14.29 |
| ཕུ་ལུ་ | pulu | 14.29 |
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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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- 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 Pulu
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