Suleimana Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Suleimana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 231 | 1:766,852 | 34,601 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Suleimana (43) may also be a first name.
Suleimana Demographics
Suleimana Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Suleimana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Suleimana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Suleimana (Arabic: سليمانا) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Suleimana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Suleimana is the 1,009,375th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. The last name Suleimana is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Suleimana live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 43 people.
The surname Suleimana is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 231 people, or 1 in 766,852. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Yobe, where 48 percent reside, Kano, where 12 percent reside and Niger, where 12 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 4 percent reside and Malawi, where 2 percent reside.
Suleimana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Suleimana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Suleimana in the Arabic language | ||
| سليمانا | slymana | - |
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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 Suleimana
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