Sulivan Surname

381,790th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 933 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Sulivan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sulivan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3731:971,74072,180
Indonesia1961:674,74152,660
Philippines1211:836,68078,497
Brazil661:3,243,55093,057
England461:1,211,26256,182
Australia291:930,88655,860
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Puerto Rico51:710,0284,074
Honduras51:1,763,2885,823
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
France21:33,211,361423,184
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Guyana21:381,11013,532
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland571:77,7175,517
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4501:54,1676,487
Wales951:16,510987
Scotland211:178,2486,976
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,5651:7,649979

Sulivan (1,913) may also be a first name.

Sulivan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sulivan (Marathi: सुलीवान, Russian: Суливан) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sulivan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 381,790th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,810,875 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 51 percent of Sulivan are found; 43 percent are found in North America and 42 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Sulivan is also the 173,692nd most commonly used forename globally, held by 1,913 people.

It is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 373 people, or 1 in 971,740. In The United States Sulivan is mostly found in: California, where 18 percent reside, Texas, where 9 percent reside and New York, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 37 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 21 percent reside and The Philippines, where 13 percent reside.

Sulivan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sulivan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sulivan surname declined 94 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 90 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 93 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 81 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 99 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sulivan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Sulivan last name is primarily Catholic (98%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Sulivan last name are 14.86% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 68.09% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sulivan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.91% less than the national average, earning R 52,500 per year; in United States they earn 10.19% less than the national average, earning $38,754 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.87% less than the national average, earning $35,837 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sulivan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sulivan in the Marathi language
सुलीवानsulivana-
Sulivan in the Russian language
Суливанsulivan-

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Sulivan Reference & Research

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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 Sulivan
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