Sulaiman Surname
Approximately 564,509 people bear this surname
Sulaiman Surname User-submission:
The Sulaiman surname comes from the name of an Arabic prophet SolIman.
Sulaiman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 382,920 | 1:463 | 52 |
| Indonesia | 45,463 | 1:2,909 | 354 |
| Syria | 20,805 | 1:928 | 113 |
| Sudan | 18,480 | 1:2,030 | 291 |
| Malaysia | 14,644 | 1:2,014 | 306 |
| Bangladesh | 9,823 | 1:16,223 | 1,221 |
| Philippines | 8,324 | 1:12,162 | 1,220 |
| Sierra Leone | 7,590 | 1:934 | 174 |
| Afghanistan | 7,052 | 1:4,559 | 439 |
| Oman | 4,923 | 1:749 | 96 |
| Israel | 4,537 | 1:1,886 | 184 |
| Libya | 4,258 | 1:1,466 | 418 |
| Sri Lanka | 4,166 | 1:4,995 | 720 |
| Brunei | 3,380 | 1:124 | 16 |
| Jordan | 3,349 | 1:2,640 | 526 |
| Pakistan | 3,221 | 1:55,462 | 2,184 |
| Egypt | 2,593 | 1:35,455 | 3,714 |
| India | 2,385 | 1:321,621 | 17,845 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,385 | 1:12,937 | 1,813 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,356 | 1:3,889 | 491 |
| Thailand | 1,888 | 1:37,414 | 3,991 |
| Ghana | 1,316 | 1:20,532 | 2,529 |
| Somalia | 1,176 | 1:11,439 | 779 |
| United States | 1,140 | 1:317,946 | 29,031 |
| South Africa | 791 | 1:68,493 | 8,562 |
| England | 753 | 1:73,995 | 8,417 |
| Iraq | 728 | 1:48,107 | 1,951 |
| Uganda | 603 | 1:64,742 | 7,357 |
| Sweden | 508 | 1:19,383 | 1,625 |
| Maldives | 426 | 1:949 | 109 |
| Kuwait | 376 | 1:10,108 | 1,395 |
| Canada | 328 | 1:112,334 | 11,995 |
| Qatar | 178 | 1:13,247 | 1,453 |
| Bahrain | 176 | 1:7,663 | 1,429 |
| Somaliland | 168 | 1:20,834 | 879 |
| Hong Kong | 141 | 1:52,025 | 927 |
| Argentina | 130 | 1:328,795 | 26,002 |
| Australia | 126 | 1:214,252 | 20,680 |
| Netherlands | 82 | 1:205,941 | 28,291 |
| Brazil | 61 | 1:3,509,415 | 98,831 |
| Denmark | 58 | 1:97,323 | 9,225 |
| Germany | 56 | 1:1,437,597 | 88,094 |
| Singapore | 51 | 1:107,994 | 4,447 |
| New Zealand | 46 | 1:98,442 | 13,260 |
| Scotland | 42 | 1:127,472 | 7,985 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Tanzania | 34 | 1:1,557,106 | 47,112 |
| Norway | 32 | 1:160,696 | 19,635 |
| China | 30 | 1:45,577,386 | 2,472 |
| Guyana | 30 | 1:25,407 | 2,928 |
| Mexico | 24 | 1:5,171,925 | 29,601 |
| Spain | 21 | 1:2,226,287 | 55,801 |
| Iceland | 18 | 1:21,116 | 1,735 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 14 | 1:97,427 | 6,588 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Ukraine | 11 | 1:4,138,427 | 206,719 |
| Japan | 10 | 1:12,784,429 | 45,945 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Turkey | 10 | 1:7,782,142 | 126,629 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 1:1,194,531 | 65,188 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
The alternate forms: Sulaimán (3), Sulaïman (1) & Sülaiman (1) are calculated separately.
Sulaiman (716,178) may also be a first name.
Sulaiman Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Sulaiman surname comes from the name of an Arabic prophet SolIman.
- sulaimanSulaiman Demographics
Average Male Sulaiman Height
173.9 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sulaiman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sulaiman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sulaiman (Arabic: سوليمن, Dhivehi: ސުލައިމާނ, Hindi: सुलैमान, Marathi: सुलैमान, Oriya: ସୁେଲମାନ୍, Russian: Сулаиман) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms: Sulaimán, Sulaïman or Sülaiman. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sulaiman? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 944th most numerous family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,910 people. The surname Sulaiman is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Sulaiman reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sulaiman is also the 1,349th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 716,178 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 382,920 people, or 1 in 463. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kano, where 21 percent are found, Katsina, where 14 percent are found and Bauchi, where 10 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Sulaiman occurs in 115 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 8 percent are found and Syria, where 4 percent are found.
Sulaiman Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Sulaiman last name is chiefly Muslim (96%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Sulaiman are 9.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.43% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sulaiman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.88% less than the national average, earning 273,834 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 55.42% more than the national average, earning R 369,348 per year; in United States they earn 8.86% more than the national average, earning $46,974 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.6% less than the national average, earning $49,386 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sulaiman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sulaiman in the Hindi language | ||
| सुलैमान | sulaimana | 88.84 |
| सुलेमान | sulemana | 6.98 |
| सुलैमन | sulaimana | 2.33 |
| सूलैमान | sulaimana | 0.93 |
| सुलेइमान | sule'imana | 0.47 |
| सुलैमाऩ | sulaimana | 0.47 |
| Sulaiman in the Marathi language | ||
| सुलैमान | sulaimana | 66.67 |
| सुलेमान | sulemana | 26.81 |
| सुिलमान | suilamana | 1.45 |
| सुलेनाम | sulenama | 0.72 |
| सुलीमान | sulimana | 0.72 |
| सुलतान | sulatana | 0.72 |
| सूलैमान | sulaimana | 0.72 |
| Sulaiman in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ސުލައިމާނ | sulaiman | 66.67 |
| ީސުލައިމާން | isulaiman | 33.33 |
| Sulaiman in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁେଲମାନ୍ | suelaman | 50 |
| ସୁଲଇମାନ | sula'imana | 50 |
| Sulaiman in the Russian language | ||
| Сулаиман | sulaiman | - |
| Sulaiman in the Arabic language | ||
| سوليمن | swlymn | - |
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