Sudan Surname
Approximately 74,550 people bear this surname
Sudan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 57,960 | 1:647 | 79 |
| India | 9,071 | 1:84,562 | 5,673 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,550 | 1:19,907 | 2,763 |
| Egypt | 1,312 | 1:70,073 | 6,466 |
| Switzerland | 993 | 1:8,271 | 1,351 |
| Turkey | 532 | 1:146,281 | 11,642 |
| France | 412 | 1:161,220 | 25,089 |
| United States | 397 | 1:912,995 | 68,645 |
| Nigeria | 314 | 1:564,149 | 27,398 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| Brazil | 205 | 1:1,044,265 | 36,766 |
| Canada | 173 | 1:212,980 | 20,593 |
| Indonesia | 166 | 1:796,682 | 60,566 |
| Iran | 141 | 1:544,557 | 31,350 |
| England | 114 | 1:488,755 | 31,416 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 104 | 1:13,115 | 1,725 |
| Argentina | 95 | 1:449,931 | 33,821 |
| Malaysia | 69 | 1:427,453 | 22,065 |
| Philippines | 58 | 1:1,745,487 | 112,199 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Qatar | 56 | 1:42,107 | 4,399 |
| Croatia | 40 | 1:105,715 | 16,512 |
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | 1:203,843 | 28,184 |
| United Arab Emirates | 40 | 1:229,057 | 15,464 |
| Jordan | 36 | 1:245,623 | 10,225 |
| Germany | 35 | 1:2,300,156 | 119,987 |
| Chile | 33 | 1:533,833 | 13,415 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| China | 22 | 1:62,150,980 | 3,380 |
| Nepal | 21 | 1:1,356,236 | 6,897 |
| South Sudan | 16 | 1:713,442 | 947 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Israel | 15 | 1:570,509 | 41,023 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 1:27,600 | 1,126 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
The alternate forms: Südan (8) & Sudán (1) are calculated separately.
Sudan (30,257) may also be a first name.
Sudan Demographics
Average Sudan Salary in
United States
$47,910 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sudan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sudan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sudan (Arabic: السدان, Bengali: সুদন, Hindi: सुदन, Marathi: सुदन, Oriya: ସୁଦନ, Russian: Судан, Tibetan: སུ་དན་) is found most in Sudan. It can appear in the variant forms: Südan or Sudán. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sudan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,610th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 97,754 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Sudan are found; 80 percent are found in North Africa and 80 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Sudan is also the 27,721st most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 30,257 people.
This surname is most common in Sudan, where it is carried by 57,960 people, or 1 in 647. Apart from Sudan this surname occurs in 81 countries. It also occurs in India, where 12 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent reside.
Sudan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sudan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sudan last name increased 2,206 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sudan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sudan are 12.99% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.22% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sudan earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 11.03% more than the national average, earning $47,910 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.67% more than the national average, earning $63,929 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sudan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sudan in the Bengali language | ||
| সুদন | sudana | 86.81 |
| সূদন | sudana | 9.72 |
| সুধন | sudhana | 2.08 |
| সুদান | sudana | 0.69 |
| Sudan in the Marathi language | ||
| सुदन | sudana | 73.9 |
| सुदान | sudana | 19.28 |
| सूदन | sudana | 2.53 |
| सुदाम | sudama | 1.17 |
| सुडान | sudana | 0.58 |
| सदाना | sadana | 0.39 |
| सुदाण | sudana | 0.19 |
| सुदं | sudam | 0.19 |
| सुदां | sudam | 0.1 |
| सूदाम | sudama | 0.1 |
| सदन | sadana | 0.1 |
| शुदन | sudana | 0.1 |
| सुदामे | sudame | 0.1 |
| Sudan in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁଦନ | sudana | 72.16 |
| ସୂଦନ | sudana | 19.06 |
| ଶୁଦନ | sudana | 3.92 |
| ସୁଦାନ | sudana | 2.66 |
| ସୁଜନ | sujana | 0.17 |
| ଶୂଦନ | sudana | 0.08 |
| ସୁଦାମ | sudama | 0.04 |
| ସୁଦନ୍ | sudan | 0.04 |
| ଦନ | dana | 0.04 |
| ସୁଡାନ | sudana | 0.04 |
| ସୁଦା | suda | 0.04 |
| ସୁଦୁନ | suduna | 0.04 |
| ଶୁଦାନ | sudana | 0.04 |
| ସୁଦମ | sudama | 0.04 |
| Sudan in the Tibetan language | ||
| སུ་དན་ | suden | 66.67 |
| སུ་དཱན་ | suden | 33.33 |
| Sudan in the Hindi language | ||
| सुदन | sudana | 47.68 |
| सूदन | sudana | 43.67 |
| सुदान | sudana | 6.57 |
| सूडान | sudana | 0.38 |
| सुदेन | sudena | 0.23 |
| सूडां | sudam | 0.23 |
| सु़डान | sudana | 0.23 |
| सुडां | sudam | 0.19 |
| सूदान | sudana | 0.15 |
| सुडान | sudana | 0.15 |
| सुडन | sudana | 0.11 |
| सुदना | sudana | 0.08 |
| सूदां | sudam | 0.08 |
| सुड़न | surana | 0.04 |
| सुदाना | sudana | 0.04 |
| सुदां | sudam | 0.04 |
| सुदाँ | sudam | 0.04 |
| Sudan in the Russian language | ||
| Судан | sudan | - |
| Sudan in the Arabic language | ||
| السدان | alsdan | - |
| سودان | swdan | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sudan
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