Sulus Surname
Approximately 413 people bear this surname
Sulus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 353 | 1:149,976 | 13,619 |
| Romania | 27 | 1:743,625 | 50,353 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Šulus (55) & Sülüş (269) are calculated separately.
Sulus (192) may also be a first name.
Sulus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sulus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sulus (Russian: Сулус) is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Šulus or Sülüş. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sulus? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sulus is the 709,895th most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 17,645,390 people. Sulus occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Sulus are found; 85 percent are found in East Africa and 85 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Sulus is also the 655,603rd most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 192 people.
The surname Sulus is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 353 people, or 1 in 149,976. In Tanzania Sulus is mostly found in: Mwanza Region, where 72 percent live, Mara Region, where 20 percent live and Arusha Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania Sulus is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 7 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sulus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sulus in the Russian language | ||
| Сулус | sulus | - |
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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 Sulus
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