Pulula Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Pulula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pulula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1131:479,44939,619
Lesotho811:25,0935,019
Indonesia451:2,938,871165,726
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Pulula (19) may also be a first name.

Pulula Last Name Facts

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

Pulula (Tibetan: པུ་ལུ་ལ།) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pulula? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,022,958th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Pulula live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 19 people.

The surname Pulula is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 113 people, or 1 in 479,449. In South Africa Pulula is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 81 percent are found, Gauteng, where 10 percent are found and Western Cape, where 6 percent are found. Other than South Africa it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 33 percent are found and Indonesia, where 18 percent are found.

Pulula Last Name Statistics demography

Pulula earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.8% less than the national average, earning R 138,300 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phulula9297/
Pullula9226/
Pulgula9215/
Pulyula923/
Pulutla923/
Puluela921/
Pululla921/
Pullutla869/
Paululat863/
Pullulla861/
Pulliula861/
Pululo831,784/
Pilula83197/
Pulola8318/
Pulila8317/
Polula836/
Pulule832/
Pululy831/
Pulusella801/
Pullola77171/
Pulolla7755/
Pullila7728/
Pululio7716/
Pulluli771/
Pulilia771/
Piluula771/
Polulla771/
Polulah771/
Puelila771/
Pullolla7171/
Poulouli7148/
Poluliah7112/
Polulyah719/
Pulluelo714/
Polulaha713/
Pululich711/
Poullola711/
Pulullio711/
Polola67331/
Poluli67166/
Pouloulis6732/
Pilila6720/
Pouloulou675/
Pulilo675/
Polóla671/

Pulula Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pulula in the Tibetan language
པུ་ལུ་ལ།pulula-

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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 Pulula
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