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

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

How popular is Suleiman?

Suleiman is common in Nigeria.

Suleiman is ranked 1138 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Suleimans grew by 68.02721 per cent to 1976 since 2000 and ranked 14965 after elevating 5906 spots. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 69.99 56.89
Black 15.74 8.84
Others 8.15 27.3
Hispanic or Latino 3.19 4.42
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.68 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.25 0
Suleiman is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Somalia is ahead in terms of density. Around 465601 people have been found who wears Suleiman as their family name. Suleiman is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
854 Yemen6
60,971 Kyrgyzstan6
25,156 Azerbaijan5
9,053 Senegal5
122,390 Belarus4
3,041 Democratic Republic of The Congo3
6,270 Hong Kong3
8,993 Tunisia3
4,915 Panama3
22,232 Morocco3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
37,372 Georgia2
5,859 Mauritius2
5,139 Bolivia2
415 Saint Kitts and Nevis2
4,231 Jamaica2
12,161 Wales2
18,625 Japan2
147,165 Czech Republic2
3,670 Mozambique2
205 Eritrea2
14,004 Hungary2
6,103 Cyprus2
15,999 Slovakia2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
4,164 Vietnam2
30,360 Thailand1
15,705 Cameroon1
38,063 Mauritania1
19,533 Uruguay1
42,479 Greece1
7,191 Afghanistan1
12,741 Ecuador1
24,771 Colombia1
734 Chad1
1,253 Burundi1
16,228 Bulgaria1
799 British Virgin Islands1
7,941 Guatemala1
692 Guinea1
7,895 South Korea1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
4,171 Rwanda1
3,275 Nepal1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
3,307 Malta1
6,688 Malawi1
29,595 Iran1
6,033 Benin1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,012 Belgium45
12,527 Denmark44
17,920 New Zealand28
9,692 Ireland27
144,672 Ukraine24
3,114 China14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
414 Brunei99
26,761 Netherlands93
6,532 Scotland79
149,112 Russia68
11,009 Finland60
Countries with hundreds of Suleiman:
102 Djibouti920
478 Kuwait714
10,869 South Africa584
60,403 India462
2,484 Israel459
14,526 Turkey454
17,922 Poland334
5,541 Venezuela301
794 Qatar292
14,110 Canada266
4,544 Austria262
40,824 France245
11,226 Kazakhstan238
4,278 Sweden225
25,062 Argentina209
10,174 Romania209
4,290 Norway170
2,460 Singapore148
1,071 Bahrain147
286 Iceland133
65,543 Indonesia132
20,268 Australia124
24,715 Spain111
62,979 Italy101
Countries with thousands of Suleiman:
1,052 Ethiopia9,673
444 Saudi Arabia7,734
585 Iraq6,836
1,616 Egypt5,924
118 Jordan5,826
779 Ghana4,633
762 Malaysia4,452
135 Libya3,711
1,818 Uganda3,361
496 United Arab Emirates1,957
17,635 United States1,860
4,155 England1,796
4,203 Pakistan1,509
350 Oman1,362
9,390 Germany1,042
13,264 Brazil1,018
776 Lebanon1,004
Countries with ten thousands of Suleiman:
68 Tanzania66,594
97 Sudan38,660
58 Somalia26,018
138 Syria17,343
440 Kenya13,418
Countries with hundred thousands of Suleiman:
68 Nigeria231,851
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Suleiman Namesakes

  • Carmen Suleiman, Singer
  • Mohamud Hassan Suleiman, Politician
  • Abeer Suleiman, Omar Suleiman's daughter
  • Ady Suleiman, Musical Artist
  • Ajani Suleiman Abdulraufh, Politician
  • Haroun Suleiman, Politician
  • Amour Suleiman Kombo, Soccer player
  • Dan Suleiman, Political figure
  • Asia Mwalimu Suleiman, Actress
  • Omar Suleiman, Former Vice President of Egypt

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