Sulleiman Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Sulleiman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 243 | 1:728,983 | 33,324 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Sulleiman (189) may also be a first name.
Sulleiman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sulleiman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sulleiman occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sulleiman? popularity and diffusion
Sulleiman is the 940,398th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. The surname Sulleiman is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Sulleiman reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 661,310th most commonly used forename in the world It is held by 189 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 243 people, or 1 in 728,983. In Nigeria Sulleiman is most frequent in: Niger, where 23 percent live, Adamawa, where 17 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 12 percent live. Besides Nigeria Sulleiman is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 percent live.
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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 Sulleiman
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