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 commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Sülei, Sűlei or Šülei. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sulei? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 276,726th most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,201,674 people. Sulei is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sulei live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 147,594th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 2,501 people.
The last name Sulei is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne 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. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists 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
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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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