Sulemanu Surname

166,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,604 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Sulemanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sulemanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,9011:93,1846,433
Cameroon7001:29,6704,015
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Sulemanu (1,355) may also be a first name.

Sulemanu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sulemanu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sulemanu (Hindi: सुलेमान) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sulemanu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 166,236th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,798,597 people. The surname Sulemanu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sulemanu are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 213,071st most frequently occurring forename worldwide It is held by 1,355 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,901 people, or 1 in 93,184. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Niger, where 14 percent are found, Zamfara, where 12 percent are found and Jigawa, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Sulemanu exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 27 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Sulemanu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Sulemanu surname is chiefly Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sulemanu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sulemanu in the Hindi language
सुलेमानsulemana-

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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 Sulemanu
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