Puluk Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
Puluk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 126 | 1:64,712 | 8,434 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
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 found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Puluk? popularity and diffusion
Puluk is the 1,235,409th most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 68 percent of Puluk are found; 68 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 68 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Puluk is also the 577,234th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 240 people.
Puluk is most frequently held 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 live, National Capital District, where 12 percent live and Hela, where 1 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent live and Indonesia, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Puluk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puluk in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁଲୁକ | puluka | 94.59 |
| ପୁଲକ | pulaka | 2.7 |
| ପୁଳୁକ | puluka | 2.7 |
| Puluk in the Russian language | ||
| Пулук | puluk | - |
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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 Puluk
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