Sulei Surname
Approximately 1,401 people bear this surname
Sulei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,322 | 1:133,996 | 8,670 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Ukraine | 10 | 1:4,552,270 | 216,874 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Moldova | 7 | 1:508,767 | 32,975 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Sülei (6), Sűlei (1) & Šülei (4) are calculated separately.
Sulei (2,501) may also be a first name.
Sulei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sulei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sulei (Oriya: ସୁେଲଇ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Sülei, Sűlei or Šülei. For other possible spellings of Sulei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sulei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 276,726th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,201,674 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sulei reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sulei is also the 147,594th most commonly occurring given name worldwide It is held by 2,501 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,322 people, or 1 in 133,996. In Nigeria Sulei is mostly concentrated in: Gombe, where 27 percent reside, Adamawa, where 21 percent reside and Bauchi, where 14 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Sulei is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sulei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sulei in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁେଲଇ | suela'i | 88.03 |
| ଶୁେଲଇ | suela'i | 5.58 |
| ସୁେଲଈ | suela'i | 4.02 |
| କୁନୀ | kuni | 0.09 |
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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 Sulei
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