Sulaiman is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sulaiman
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sulaiman

How popular is Sulaiman?

Sulaiman is common in Nigeria.

Sulaiman is ranked 1227 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sulaimans grew by 69.71609 per cent to 1076 since 2000 and ranked 23587 after elevating 10289 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 47.68 33.75
Black 22.21 20.82
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 19.52 23.03
Others 6.6 18.14
Sulaiman is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Brunei is ahead in terms of density. Around 432987 people have been found who wears Sulaiman as their family name. Sulaiman is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
44,793 Kyrgyzstan10
5,868 Japan10
88,966 Czech Republic7
98,953 Belarus7
2,109 Ethiopia5
9,053 Senegal5
210 Somalia5
2,011 South Korea4
1,750 Rwanda4
2,967 Vietnam3
1,985 Cambodia3
108,034 Italy3
28,232 Morocco2
23,344 Austria2
5,859 Mauritius2
4,302 Benin2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
6,103 Cyprus2
19,093 Finland2
2,705 Togo2
3,014 Taiwan2
476 Djibouti2
6,820 Angola1
5,916 Mozambique1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
28,746 Algeria1
24,460 Armenia1
3,071 Jersey1
2,040 Mali1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
29,595 Iran1
42,479 Greece1
2,057 Myanmar1
15,705 Cameroon1
356 Eritrea1
11,831 Tajikistan1
1,005 The Gambia1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
24,771 Colombia1
29,774 Venezuela1
1,572 Macau1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,210 Thailand48
7,279 Wales45
13,773 Denmark39
227,902 Russia37
28,564 Switzerland36
114,425 Ukraine34
2,806 Guyana33
56,148 Spain32
1,605 China29
9,692 Ireland27
21,901 Chile27
52,530 Belgium22
7,235 Trinidad and Tobago12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,531 Norway72
9,925 New Zealand69
17,264 Israel59
677 Iceland57
Countries with hundreds of Sulaiman:
162 Qatar963
39 Brunei814
15,276 Germany672
21,418 Philippines644
9,056 Kenya549
13,743 Turkey489
1,428 Lebanon481
297 Bahrain476
10,888 Canada361
100 Maldives286
14,944 Mexico262
17,815 Tanzania243
13,698 Australia199
28,734 Poland191
28,748 Argentina179
5,678 Sweden167
12,156 Romania167
60,164 Brazil159
66,174 France147
2,019 Hong Kong119
23,419 Netherlands111
5,272 Scotland105
Countries with thousands of Sulaiman:
1,501 Bangladesh7,906
143 United Arab Emirates4,824
174 Sierra Leone4,346
2,201 Egypt3,984
714 Sri Lanka3,717
14,004 India3,240
116 Oman3,126
434 Jordan2,158
3,156 South Africa2,064
290 Singapore1,898
141 Kuwait1,829
408 Libya1,687
5,089 England1,441
24,262 United States1,274
2,627 Ghana1,198
Countries with ten thousands of Sulaiman:
65 Malaysia61,744
350 Indonesia41,355
96 Iraq36,460
120 Saudi Arabia21,278
844 Pakistan19,361
149 Syria16,755
443 Uganda13,069
375 Sudan11,856
290 Afghanistan11,072
334 Yemen10,448
Countries with hundred thousands of Sulaiman:
140 Nigeria136,329
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Sulaiman Namesakes

  • Deeq Sulaiman Yusuf, Politician
  • Deeq Sulaiman Yusuf, Politician
  • Abdul Rahman Sulaiman, Soccer player
  • Dawoud Sulaiman, Soccer player
  • Salbiah Haji Sulaiman, Politician
  • Deeq Sulaiman Yusuf, Politician
  • Begum Akhtar Sulaiman, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy's daughter
  • Salbiah Haji Sulaiman, Politician
  • Gusti Khadijah binti Sultan Sulaiman, Prince Antasari's mother
  • Yusuf Sulaiman, Political figure
  • In 1997 drama film, El - Terhal: Roaming About, Jamal Sulaiman portrayed Zaki.
  • Mona Sulaiman played the significant role of N in 1975 action flick Interpol Malaysia Five.

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