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 more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Suleima? popularity and diffusion
The last name Suleima is the 312,208th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,047,756 people. It is mostly found 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. Suleima is also the 96,023rd most commonly occurring given name internationally, held by 5,017 people.
The last name Suleima is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,168 people, or 1 in 151,663. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Niger, where 18 percent live, Kaduna, where 12 percent live and Kano, where 11 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Suleima Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Suleima surname is primarily 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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