Talk:Pullen

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Why does Pullen redirect to Pilėnai? There is not a single hint in the text on Pilėnai why it should do so. Please reinsert the name only together with some explanation. <KF> 02:03, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

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The surname appears to be uncommon in the United States, though unclear for other countries. In the United States, "Pullen" appears in the lower half of the surname distribution, such that 55% of the population is covered by surnames at least as frequent or more frequent than "Pullen".[1] Likewise, "Pullin",[2] "Pullins",[3] "Pulleyn",[4] "Pullan"[5] and "Pullein"[6] are either not found in US Census 1990 data or are found at a much lower frequency than "Pullen".



  1. ^ Search Names Files (Database query output). US Census Bureau (2000-09-07). Retrieved on 2008-01-31. “NAME (last):PULLEN; %FREQ:0.005; CUMM FREQ:55.346; RANK:2617”
  2. ^ Search Names Files (Database query output). US Census Bureau (2000-09-07). Retrieved on 2008-01-31. “NAME (last):PULLIN; %FREQ:0.001; CUMM FREQ:73.823; RANK:12973”
  3. ^ Search Names Files (Database query output). US Census Bureau (2000-09-07). Retrieved on 2008-01-31. “NAME (last):PULLINS; %FREQ:0.001; CUMM FREQ:73.320; RANK:12348”
  4. ^ Search Names Files (Database query output). US Census Bureau (2000-09-07). Retrieved on 2008-01-31. “PULLEYN not found”
  5. ^ Search Names Files (Database query output). US Census Bureau (2000-09-07). Retrieved on 2008-01-31. “NAME (last):PULLAN; %FREQ:0.000; CUMM FREQ:84.587; RANK:42431”
  6. ^ Search Names Files (Database query output). US Census Bureau (2000-09-07). Retrieved on 2008-01-31. “PULLEIN not found”