Sulume Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Sulume Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sulume Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda461:848,68039,357
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Sulume (47) may also be a first name.

Sulume Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sulume (Oriya: ସୁଲୁେମ) is found most frequently in Uganda. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sulume.

How Common Is The Last Name Sulume? popularity and diffusion

Sulume is the 2,506,728th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Sulume are found; 80 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Sulume is also the 1,467,136th most commonly used given name throughout the world, held by 47 people.

This last name is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 848,680. In Uganda Sulume is most frequent in: Butambala District, where 24 percent live, Kampala District, where 20 percent live and Gomba District, where 17 percent live. Besides Uganda this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 14 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.

Sulume Last Name Statistics demography

Sulume earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.73% less than the national average, earning R 102,816 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ssulume926/
Sulumet923/
Sulumäe921/
Shulume921/
Sulumie921/
Sulum91423/
Shulumei8615/
Sulumets8612/
Shulumey869/
Suluma832,310/
Sulime8394/
Sullum8385/
Sulumi8322/
Julume8318/
Shulum8317/
Solume831/
Sulaum831/
Zulume831/
Saulum831/
Soulloume805/
Shilume77143/
Djulume7734/
Shuluma7715/
Souloum7713/
Sulumma779/
Sulomeh772/
Soulime772/
Ssuluma771/
Sulluma771/
Sholume771/
Shullum771/
Sulauma771/
Seulome771/
Julumey771/
Jhulume771/
Chulume771/
Shuleum770/
Shutlum770/
Schulum770/
Suillum770/
Solum732,897/
Zulum731,337/
Sulom7330/
Çulum732/
Sulumova71326/
Djuulume71205/
Couloume7194/
Soulloum715/
Soulouma712/
Shulumyi711/
Schuluma711/
Sulummai711/
Sulumaya711/
Juillume711/
Solome674,472/
Shulumova6766/
Soleum6764/
Soluma6752/
Solium6719/
Sollum6717/
Sulimi6716/
Sulomi6716/
Chulum6711/
Zuluma6710/
Schulomei679/
Suloma678/
Soolum677/
Cilume675/
Soloum675/
Saulom674/
Suloom674/
Giullaume674/
Solaum673/
Juillaume672/
Coulloume671/
Culumi671/
Julumi671/
Xullum671/
Suloem671/
Zuluum671/
Zulumi671/
Çullum671/
Zullum671/

Sulume Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sulume in the Oriya language
ସୁଲୁେମsuluema-

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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 Sulume
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