Süleyman Surname
Approximately 1,258 people bear this surname
Süleyman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,019 | 1:76,370 | 7,041 |
| Germany | 104 | 1:774,091 | 57,434 |
| Northern Cyprus | 55 | 1:5,800 | 1,224 |
| Azerbaijan | 32 | 1:301,535 | 6,945 |
| Kosovo | 21 | 1:88,660 | 5,199 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
The alternate forms: Suleyman (14,924) are calculated separately.
Süleyman (327,560) may also be a first name.
Süleyman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Süleyman Come From? nationality or country of origin
Süleyman has its highest incidence in Turkey. It can be found as a variant: Suleyman. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Süleyman? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 301,881st most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 5,792,962 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Süleyman reside; 73 percent reside in West Asia and 70 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 3,186th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 327,560 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,019 people, or 1 in 76,370. In Turkey Süleyman is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 21 percent are found, Trabzon Province, where 17 percent are found and Kocaeli Province, where 14 percent are found. Not including Turkey it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 8 percent are found and Northern Cyprus, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Süleyman
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