Vulai Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Vulai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Vulai (43) may also be a first name.
Vulai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vulai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vulai (Hindi: वुलई, Marathi: वुलई) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vulai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Vulai is predominantly found in Oceania, where 86 percent of Vulai reside; 86 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 79 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequently used forename at a global level, borne by 43 people.
Vulai is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea Vulai is most frequent in: West New Britain, where 100 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Fiji, where 7 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vulai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vulai in the Marathi language | ||
| वुलई | vula'i | - |
| Vulai in the Hindi language | ||
| वुलई | vula'i | 66.67 |
| वुलाई | vula'i | 33.33 |
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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 Vulai
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