Pulung Surname

202,315th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,059 people bear this surname

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

Pulung Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pulung Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1,8731:70,6087,612
Papua New Guinea1791:45,5515,636
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pulung (10,342) may also be a first name.

Pulung Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pulung is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pulung? popularity and diffusion

It is the 202,315th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,539,362 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Pulung reside; 88 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 88 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 59,902nd most commonly held first name globally, held by 10,342 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,873 people, or 1 in 70,608. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 23 percent reside, South Sulawesi, where 17 percent reside and East Kalimantan, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phulung9234/
Pullung9228/
Pulhung921/
Pulun9124/
Puiloung861/
Phuloung861/
Pulong83557/
Paulun83226/
Pilung8315/
Pulune837/
Polung835/
Pulhun834/
Pullun833/
Pfouloung801/
Phulusing801/
Pulusingh801/
Phulong77241/
Pauluhn77149/
Puylong77100/
Pullong7786/
Poloung777/
Polaung771/
Poleung771/
Pholung771/
Pulusen771/
Puilong771/
Paulyun771/
Pielung771/
Pulusin771/
Pulluhn771/
Pollung771/
Paulune770/
Pullusn770/
Pulliun770/
Polun73381/
Pulum73329/
Pulon73316/
Paulußen71448/
Pholoung719/
Paulusen718/
Pulyutin716/
Paulon673,445/
Pullum672,344/
Paulussen672,311/
Polong671,239/
Pullon67509/
Poulussen67310/
Polhun67208/
Poulon67195/
Peulon6756/
Polunc6746/
Polyun6744/
Pollun6723/
Poolun6712/
Pilunc679/
Phulum678/
Poluin672/
Puloen672/
Phulon671/
Poleun671/
Paulunová671/
Puluum671/
Pholun671/
Pilunk671/
Puilum671/
Paulón671/
Pauluhsen671/
Pulium670/

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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 Pulung
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