Pumula Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Pumula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pumula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Pumula (40) may also be a first name.

Pumula Last Name Facts

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

Pumula is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Pumula click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pumula? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Pumula are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequent given name in the world It is held by 40 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 5,146,080. In Zimbabwe Pumula is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 33 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 33 percent live and Matabeleland South Province, where 33 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.

Pumula Last Name Statistics demography

Pumula earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phumula9243/
Puumula921/
Paumula921/
Phumgula8628/
Pumulo838,405/
Pumila8391/
Pumule8359/
Pomula8315/
Phumila771,089/
Pumilia77943/
Pummila7755/
Puimila7721/
Puumila7718/
Paumola777/
Pommula774/
Phumulo771/
Phumule771/
Phomula771/
Paumila771/
Pumuloo771/
Pumhulo771/
Phumilai711/
Phimulla711/
Phoumilay6711/
Pomulo676/
Pomola673/
Pomuli672/
Paumielia671/
Pomuła671/
Puhmuller670/
Pfumuller670/
Pumilio6266/
Poumole6217/
Phomola6216/
Phumolo621/
Phomuli621/
Phumoli621/
Poomulli573/
Pimmilai571/
Phimmilai53316/
Pomolo50103/
Pomoła501/
Pómolo501/

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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 Pumula
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