How common is the surname Pula?

590 people in the United States had the surname Pula in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 523,298 Americans. It ranked 37,691st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pula?

In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Pula identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Pula getting more or less common?

Less common. 609 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 590 in 2010, down 3.1%.

The surname Pula

A Polish nickname surname, carried by 590 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pula is more common than 76.8% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Various origins: * Borrowed from Polish Pula, perhaps a nickname from pula (“shirttail, coattail”) or from pola (“tasteless soup”). * Borrowed from Italian Pula, a variant of Pola. * Borrowed from Telugu పులా (pulā). This surname is predominantly found in Andhra Pradesh.

Pula is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 590 people named Pula in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 523,298 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 609.

#37,691

rank among US surnames

590

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #35,053)

Who is named Pula

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

62% of people named Pula identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Asian and Pacific Islander 23%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10%
Two or more races 3.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pula

Pula has the Soundex code P400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P400.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pula come from?: Various origins: * Borrowed from Polish Pula, perhaps a nickname from pula (“shirttail, coattail”) or from pola (“tasteless soup”). * Borrowed from Italian Pula, a variant of Pola. * Borrowed from Telugu పులా (pulā). This surname is predominantly found in Andhra Pradesh.
How common is the surname Pula?: 590 people in the United States had the surname Pula in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 523,298 Americans. It ranked 37,691st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pula?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Pula identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
What type of surname is Pula?: Pula is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Pula getting more or less common?: Less common. 609 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 590 in 2010, down 3.1%.