Pulumuka Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Pulumuka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pulumuka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pulumuka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pulumuka is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pulumuka? popularity and diffusion

Pulumuka is the 1,385,851st most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Pulumuka live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Pulumuka is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Excluding Malawi this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bulumuka8841/
Plumuck800/
Plumk771/
Balumuka7545/
Palamuka757/
Palumaka751/
Paulmeka751/
Blumka71135/
Plamka715/
Plumke712/
Polmuk711/
Baalumuka711/
Puolumäki711/
Plomka711/
Plumag711/
Pellamuka711/
Bulumac67507/
Palmąka67380/
Polomka67325/
Palmaka6733/
Palamukayi6721/
Ploymuk6720/
Pelmoka6718/
Bulumcu6714/
Pillimukka678/
Bulumko675/
Plumaki674/
Pluemke673/
Polemka672/
Pelamuk671/
Paulmaq671/
Palmęka671/
Palomuk671/
Plumeck671/
Plyamka671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Pulumuka
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