Tulku Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Tulku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tulku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India201:38,353,269431,471
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Ukraine121:3,793,558197,857
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Nepal41:7,120,23914,461
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Bhutan21:308,0201,264
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Tulku (588) may also be a first name.

Tulku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tulku (Hindi: तुल्कू, Oriya: ଟୁଲକୁ, Russian: Тульку, Tibetan: སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་) is found most frequently in India. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Tulku click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tulku? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,185,341st most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 63 percent of Tulku are found; 35 percent are found in South Asia and 31 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 345,036th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 588 people.

The last name Tulku is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 38,353,269. In India Tulku is most numerous in: Bihar, where 15 percent live, Sikkim, where 15 percent live and Delhi, where 5 percent live. Beside India this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Singapore, where 17 percent live and Ukraine, where 16 percent live.

Tulku Last Name Statistics demography

Tulku earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 282.4% more than the national average, earning $165,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tulkku919/
Toulkou836/
Taulkus832/
Tolku808/
Tulcu801/
Tuselcku771/
Toulkous771/
Tulcus7322/
Tolkui738/
Tolkou735/
Tolkuy731/

Tulku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tulku in the Oriya language
ଟୁଲକୁtulaku-
Tulku in the Hindi language
तुल्कूtulku50
तुलकूtulaku50
Tulku in the Tibetan language
སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་tulku33.33
སྤྲུལ་སྐུ།tulku33.33
སྤྲུལ་སྐུtulku16.67
སྤྲུལ་ཀུ།trulku16.67
Tulku in the Russian language
Тулькуtulku-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tulku
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