Sulta Surname
Approximately 604 people bear this surname
Sulta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 444 | 1:402,351 | 7,574 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Kosovo | 37 | 1:50,321 | 3,944 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Šulta (26) are calculated separately.
Sulta (2,001) may also be a first name.
Sulta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sulta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sulta (Bengali: সুলতা, Hindi: सुलता, Marathi: सुलता, Oriya: ସୁଲତା, Russian: Султа) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Šulta. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sulta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 534,162nd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 12,065,473 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Sulta reside; 78 percent reside in South Asia and 74 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 168,966th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 2,001 people.
The surname Sulta is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is held by 444 people, or 1 in 402,351. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Punjab, where 83 percent are found, Sindh, where 13 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Pakistan this surname occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 6 percent are found and Kosovo, where 6 percent are found.
Sulta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sulta has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sulta last name decreased 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sulta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sulta in the Bengali language | ||
| সুলতা | sulata | - |
| Sulta in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁଲତା | sulata | - |
| Sulta in the Marathi language | ||
| सुलता | sulata | 85.71 |
| सुलतान | sulatana | 14.29 |
| Sulta in the Hindi language | ||
| सुलता | sulata | 83.51 |
| सुल्ता | sulta | 12.89 |
| सूलता | sulata | 1.55 |
| Sulta in the Russian language | ||
| Султа | sulta | - |
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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 Sulta
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