Sulphur Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Sulphur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sulphur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel801:106,97012,128
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
England71:7,959,723202,100
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Sulphur (23) may also be a first name.

Sulphur Last Name Facts

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

Sulphur is carried by more people in Israel than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sulphur? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,589,322nd most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 65 percent of Sulphur reside; 63 percent reside in West Asia and 63 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 23 people.

Sulphur is most commonly held in Israel, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 106,970. In Israel it is mostly concentrated in: Central District, where 26 percent live, Northern District, where 18 percent live and Tel Aviv District, where 18 percent live. Excluding Israel this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.

Sulphur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sulphur has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 440 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sulphur Last Name Statistics demography

Sulphur earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 68.13% less than the national average, earning $13,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sculphur930/
Culphur860/
Sulfur7742/
Solpur7714/
Sulpor775/
Sulfour7160/
Sholpur713/
Sulfourt6767/
Soulfour6761/
Solhpour6741/
Zulfur6246/
Sulfor622/
Shaulfor5317/

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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 Sulphur
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