Sulubu Surname

109,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Sulubu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sulubu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3,9631:11,6531,468
DR Congo2741:269,63325,289
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
China31:455,773,85521,925
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sulubu (842) may also be a first name.

Sulubu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sulubu (Oriya: ସୁଲୁବୁ) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sulubu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 109,449th most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,713,910 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sulubu reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 281,229th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 842 people.

The surname Sulubu is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 3,963 people, or 1 in 11,653. In Kenya Sulubu is mostly concentrated in: Kilifi County, where 89 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 8 percent reside and Taita Taveta County, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.

Sulubu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (95%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shulubu924/
Sullubu921/
Solubu833/
Suluvu831/
Sauluvu779/
Shilubu771/
Ssuluwu771/
Shulibu771/
Solobu678/
Zuluwu671/
Sulowu671/
Souloumpou631/

Sulubu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sulubu in the Oriya language
ସୁଲୁବୁsulubu80
ଶୁଲୁବୁsulubu20

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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 Sulubu
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