Sule Surname
Approximately 335,895 people bear this surname
Sule Surname User-submission:
The Sule surname comes from a shortened form of the name Suleiman, which means Solomon in Arabic.
Sule Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 300,629 | 1:589 | 70 |
| India | 11,295 | 1:67,912 | 4,623 |
| Ghana | 6,858 | 1:3,940 | 572 |
| Sudan | 3,640 | 1:10,305 | 1,452 |
| Tanzania | 3,495 | 1:15,148 | 1,964 |
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| Indonesia | 2,002 | 1:66,059 | 7,159 |
| Cameroon | 1,274 | 1:16,302 | 2,234 |
| DR Congo | 821 | 1:89,987 | 10,233 |
| United States | 706 | 1:513,398 | 42,994 |
| England | 397 | 1:140,348 | 13,648 |
| Kenya | 311 | 1:148,488 | 11,824 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Romania | 183 | 1:109,715 | 12,326 |
| Uganda | 169 | 1:231,002 | 17,681 |
| Papua New Guinea | 149 | 1:54,723 | 6,930 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Spain | 113 | 1:413,735 | 22,335 |
| Canada | 112 | 1:328,978 | 30,038 |
| Zambia | 102 | 1:155,391 | 11,047 |
| Philippines | 86 | 1:1,177,189 | 93,405 |
| France | 85 | 1:781,444 | 95,071 |
| Estonia | 81 | 1:16,319 | 2,713 |
| Pakistan | 79 | 1:2,261,315 | 20,628 |
| Argentina | 77 | 1:555,109 | 40,132 |
| Croatia | 69 | 1:61,284 | 11,351 |
| United Arab Emirates | 52 | 1:176,198 | 12,766 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Solomon Islands | 38 | 1:15,264 | 2,918 |
| Belgium | 36 | 1:319,351 | 36,407 |
| Hungary | 30 | 1:327,209 | 24,029 |
| Mexico | 26 | 1:4,774,085 | 28,474 |
| Ivory Coast | 25 | 1:922,849 | 23,346 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Sierra Leone | 25 | 1:283,585 | 406 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| Uruguay | 21 | 1:163,417 | 13,939 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Iceland | 16 | 1:23,756 | 1,850 |
| Chile | 14 | 1:1,258,320 | 22,898 |
| Ukraine | 14 | 1:3,251,621 | 182,804 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 13 | 1:459,435 | 35,797 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Oman | 12 | 1:307,331 | 4,704 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 1:1,668,373 | 13,584 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Albania | 8 | 1:364,257 | 16,885 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Saint Lucia | 3 | 1:59,594 | 2,472 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
The alternate forms: Süle (4,431), Şule (57), Sulé (22), Šule (22), Sűle (4), Sulè (1), Sulê (1), Šüle (1) & Sülé (1) are calculated separately.
Sule (188,930) may also be a first name.
Sule Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Sule surname comes from a shortened form of the name Suleiman, which means Solomon in Arabic.
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Sule Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Sule Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sule Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sule (Arabic: سوله, Bengali: সুলে, Hindi: सुले, Marathi: सुळे, Oriya: ସୁେଲ, Russian: Сулье) is most common in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant: Süle, Şule, Sulé, Šule, Sűle, Sulè, Sulê, Šüle or Sülé. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sule? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sule is the 1,628th most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 21,696 people. The last name Sule is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Sule live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sule is also the 5,551st most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 188,930 people.
The last name Sule is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 300,629 people, or 1 in 589. In Nigeria Sule is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 14 percent live, Kano, where 9 percent live and Jigawa, where 8 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 107 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent live and Ghana, where 2 percent live.
Sule Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sule has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 3,209 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 4,963 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sule Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Sule surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (76%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Sule surname are 12.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sule earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 62.07% less than the national average, earning R 90,132 per year; in United States they earn 7.36% less than the national average, earning $39,973 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.48% more than the national average, earning $62,341 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sule Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sule in the Bengali language | ||
| সুলে | sule | - |
| Sule in the Marathi language | ||
| सुळे | sule | 95.03 |
| सूळे | sule | 2.66 |
| सुले | sule | 1.67 |
| सुळ | sula | 0.2 |
| सुऴे | sule | 0.12 |
| सुल | sula | 0.08 |
| सुळॆ | sule | 0.07 |
| सूले | sule | 0.04 |
| सुळे़ | sule | 0.03 |
| सुुळे | suule | 0.03 |
| सूळ | sula | 0.03 |
| Sule in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁେଲ | suela | 89.02 |
| ଶୁେଲ | suela | 8.54 |
| ମୂେଳ | muela | 0.61 |
| ମୁେଲ | muela | 0.61 |
| ସୁଲୁ | sulu | 0.61 |
| ଶୁେଳ | suela | 0.61 |
| Sule in the Hindi language | ||
| सुले | sule | 84.25 |
| सूले | sule | 11.81 |
| Sule in the Russian language | ||
| Сулье | sule | - |
| Sule in the Arabic language | ||
| سوله | swlh | - |
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