Sullivans Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Sullivans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sullivans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Sullivans Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sullivans is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sullivans? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Sullivans are found; 76 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 25,889,924. In The United States Sullivans is mostly found in: Massachusetts, where 14 percent live, Tennessee, where 14 percent live and Illinois, where 7 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Sullivans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sullivans has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sullivans last name expanded 127 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sullivans Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Sullivans earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 58.57% less than the national average, earning $17,875 USD per year.

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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 Sullivans
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