Sudan Forename
27,721st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 30,257 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
South Sudan
Sudan Forename User-submission:
The name Sudan derived from the toponym of the African nation of Sudan, an Arabic word bilād as-sūdān, meaning 'the lands of the blacks'.
Sudan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100% | 17,441 | 1:69,656 | 8,982 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 7,323 | 1:1,577 | 317 |
| Nepal | 98% | 2,330 | 1:12,226 | 1,327 |
| Malaysia | 90% | 699 | 1:43,562 | 3,707 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 428 | 1:55,537 | 8,129 |
| Indonesia | - | 398 | 1:648,150 | 45,335 |
| Turkey | 92% | 232 | 1:335,352 | 5,763 |
| Nigeria | 75% | 166 | 1:1,069,665 | 26,160 |
| United States | 87% | 164 | 1:2,210,591 | 35,692 |
| Egypt | 100% | 130 | 1:706,930 | 15,746 |
| Cambodia | 77% | 98 | 1:166,054 | 5,839 |
| Iran | 92% | 44 | 1:1,784,020 | 11,613 |
| Thailand | 76% | 37 | 1:1,893,671 | 54,292 |
| Pakistan | 62% | 33 | 1:5,889,627 | 52,616 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Brazil | 67% | 26 | 1:8,239,852 | 108,951 |
| Sudan | - | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Kosovo | - | 18 | 1:103,413 | 5,588 |
| Philippines | 62% | 15 | 1:7,067,298 | 110,797 |
| Uganda | 60% | 14 | 1:2,925,494 | 32,970 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 11 | 1:650,181 | 20,553 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Afghanistan | 60% | 9 | 1:3,624,835 | 24,448 |
| England | 57% | 9 | 1:6,178,102 | 52,254 |
| Japan | - | 8 | 1:15,998,257 | 41,670 |
| Venezuela | 50% | 8 | 1:3,775,237 | 55,178 |
| Canada | - | 7 | 1:4,733,339 | 48,640 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 6 | 1:226,903 | 11,844 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 6 | 1:1,358,719 | 89,225 |
| Sweden | 75% | 6 | 1:1,642,984 | 27,315 |
| Australia | - | 5 | 1:2,731,524 | 22,009 |
| China | - | 5 | 1:273,211,156 | 75,889 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4 | 1:13,633,162 | 197,070 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 67% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Azerbaijan | 67% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Russia | 100% | 3 | 1:48,077,901 | 98,779 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Netherlands | 75% | 2 | 1:8,451,042 | 32,813 |
| Switzerland | 67% | 2 | 1:4,106,748 | 25,883 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Germany | 69% | 2 | 1:48,338,938 | 72,742 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
The alternate forms: Sudán (1) & Şudan (1) are calculated separately.
Sudan (74,550) may also be a surname.
Sudan Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Sudan derived from the toponym of the African nation of Sudan, an Arabic word bilād as-sūdān, meaning 'the lands of the blacks'.
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in United States
Sample size: 27 (2014)
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Sudan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sudan in the Russian language | ||
| Судан | sudan | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
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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 Sudan