Al Sultan Surname

36,007th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,658 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Palestine

Al Sultan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Sultan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen6,3911:4,135617
Palestine3,1621:1,439263
Saudi Arabia2,4651:12,5181,726
Kuwait1,2241:3,105409
Syria8611:22,4171,613
Lebanon3341:16,8772,208
United Arab Emirates891:102,9478,862
Iran521:1,476,58759,047
Iraq311:1,129,73113,630
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Pakistan91:19,849,32172,658
Norway61:857,04855,549
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

Al Sultan (13) may also be a first name.

Al Sultan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Sultan is found most frequently in Yemen. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Sultan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Al Sultan is the 36,007th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 497,172 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Sultan are found; 99 percent are found in West Asia and 69 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Al Sultan is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name globally, borne by 13 people.

The last name is most frequent in Yemen, where it is held by 6,391 people, or 1 in 4,135. In Yemen Al Sultan is mostly found in: Al Mahwit Governorate, where 32 percent are found, Dhamar Governorate, where 18 percent are found and Amanat Al Asimah, where 11 percent are found. Not including Yemen this last name is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 22 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent are found.

Al Sultan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Sunni (79%) in Lebanon.

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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 Al Sultan
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