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
Sulta (Bengali: সুলতা, Hindi: सुलता, Marathi: सुलता, Oriya: ସୁଲତା, Russian: Султа) occurs most in Pakistan. It may also occur as: Šulta. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sulta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 534,162nd most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 12,065,473 people. The last name Sulta is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Sulta are found; 78 percent are found in South Asia and 74 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 168,966th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 2,001 people.
The last name Sulta is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 444 people, or 1 in 402,351. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 83 percent reside, Sindh, where 13 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Pakistan this surname is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 6 percent reside and Kosovo, where 6 percent reside.
Sulta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sulta has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sulta last name fell 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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