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
Sulus (Russian: Сулус) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Šulus or Sülüş. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sulus? popularity and diffusion
It is the 709,895th most common family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 17,645,390 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Sulus reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sulus is also the 655,603rd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 192 people.
Sulus is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 353 people, or 1 in 149,976. In Tanzania Sulus is most prevalent in: Mwanza Region, where 72 percent are found, Mara Region, where 20 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 7 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
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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