Suleima Surname
Approximately 1,205 people bear this surname
Suleima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,168 | 1:151,663 | 9,608 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Suleima (5,017) may also be a first name.
Suleima Demographics
Suleima Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Suleima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Suleima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Suleima is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Suleima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 312,208th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 6,047,756 people. Suleima occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Suleima are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 96,023rd most common forename world-wide. It is borne by 5,017 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,168 people, or 1 in 151,663. In Nigeria Suleima is mostly found in: Niger, where 18 percent are found, Kaduna, where 12 percent are found and Kano, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Suleima Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Suleima surname is chiefly Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
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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 Suleima
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