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

Sulume (Oriya: ସୁଲୁେମ) is most common in Uganda. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sulume? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,506,728th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. Sulume is mostly found 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 common first name world-wide It is held by 47 people.

The last name Sulume is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 848,680. In Uganda Sulume is most prevalent in: Butambala District, where 24 percent are found, Kampala District, where 20 percent are found and Gomba District, where 17 percent are found. Beside Uganda this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 14 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found.

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
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  • 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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