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) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Sülei, Sűlei or Šülei. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sulei.
How Common Is The Last Name Sulei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sulei is the 276,726th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,201,674 people. The last name Sulei occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Sulei live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sulei is also the 147,594th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 2,501 people.
Sulei is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,322 people, or 1 in 133,996. In Nigeria Sulei is most numerous in: Gombe, where 27 percent live, Adamawa, where 21 percent live and Bauchi, where 14 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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