Puluk Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Puluk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puluk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1261:64,7128,434
India301:25,568,846339,406
Indonesia221:6,011,327267,290
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Puluk (240) may also be a first name.

Puluk Last Name Facts

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

Puluk (Oriya: ପୁଲୁକ, Russian: Пулук) is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puluk? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,235,409th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 68 percent of Puluk are found; 68 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 68 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 577,234th most widespread forename throughout the world, held by 240 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 64,712. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Enga, where 87 percent are found, National Capital District, where 12 percent are found and Hela, where 1 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent are found and Indonesia, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pauluk911,813/
Pulluk91491/
Pouluk9111/
Puluck912/
Peuluk911/
Puluke911/
Pauliuk83103/
Paulyuk8356/
Pauluck8334/
Paulluk8331/
Paulhuk8313/
Pauluik8313/
Pauluke838/
Putluck832/
Pulluck832/
Pauluks831/
Pulok802,645/
Puluc801,783/
Pulik80650/
Piluk80532/
Poluk80143/
Pulug8019/
Pulux801/
Phulluke779/
Peulausk778/
Paulluck776/
Pauliuck771/
Paulik733,198/
Pilyuk731,033/
Polyuk73819/
Piluek73258/
Pulick73103/
Poluck7370/
Polukh7344/
Pulikh7334/
Polluk7325/
Pilouk7321/
Philuk7321/
Pileuk7319/
Pulhug7312/
Puhlik7311/
Pauluc739/
Pullok736/
Piluck736/
Pulugh736/
Puliuc734/
Paulux734/
Poulok733/
Poliuk733/
Piliuk733/
Polhuk732/
Paulok731/
Pieluk731/
Poluik731/
Paulausks716/
Pauluková714/
Paulauske713/
Paulauskė711/
Philuek676,454/
Paulick673,626/
Polyukh671,026/
Pauliuc67698/
Puhlick6778/
Pauligk6745/
Pouloux6743/
Pauluschke6725/
Pulleux6722/
Poulick6720/
Paulock679/
Pauliukova678/
Poloukh676/
Pieluck676/
Poliukh675/
Poluykh673/
Phileuk672/
Pauleuc672/
Pauluic671/
Philuck671/
Paulyukova671/
Phulick671/
Pholuck671/
Pauluct671/
Pauleux671/
Paulikė671/
Paullik671/
Pouleux671/
Pullick670/

Puluk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Puluk in the Oriya language
ପୁଲୁକpuluka94.59
ପୁଲକpulaka2.7
ପୁଳୁକpuluka2.7
Puluk in the Russian language
Пулукpuluk-

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