Sultan is used as a family name or surname in Bangladesh. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sultan
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Bangladesh
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sultan

How popular is Sultan?

Sultan is common in Bangladesh.

Sultan is ranked 488 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sultans grew by 41.77909 per cent to 3363 since 2000 and ranked 9648 after elevating 2422 spots. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 46.89 49.75
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 33.66 28.12
Black 10.79 9.4
Others 5.17 10.24
Hispanic or Latino 3.33 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.15 0
Sultan is quite popular family name mostly used in Pakistan while Yemen is ahead in terms of density. Around 1012600 people have been found who wears Sultan as their family name. Sultan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
74,531 Czech Republic10
16,914 Mauritania10
28,661 Serbia8
7,022 Senegal7
2,527 Maldives6
2,306 Angola4
3,904 Ivory Coast4
957 Mongolia4
8,411 Costa Rica4
2,022 Haiti4
281 Guinea3
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
14,126 Colombia3
210 Chad3
35,184 Poland3
14,494 Armenia3
7,619 Ecuador3
4,554 Guatemala3
133 Eritrea3
3,041 Democratic Republic of The Congo3
4,915 Panama3
6,270 Hong Kong3
8,926 Cameroon3
323 Somalia3
384 Seychelles3
2,744 Rwanda2
177 Comoros2
1,151 Brunei2
5,217 Zambia2
26,532 Chile2
1,328 Congo2
15,999 Slovakia2
7,299 Estonia2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
931 Sierra Leone2
11,923 Slovenia1
6,967 Macedonia1
7,110 Bosnia1
5,553 Taiwan1
6,688 Malawi1
717 Bhutan1
2,190 Barbados1
2,309 Monaco1
480 Micronesia1
5,916 Mozambique1
2,040 Mali1
846 American Samoa1
5,872 Namibia1
20,172 Hungary1
7,292 Vietnam1
5,924 Paraguay1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
3,350 Fiji1
3,214 Niger1
2,715 Gabon1
6,212 Jamaica1
1,179 Swaziland1
3,243 Suriname1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
1,253 Burundi1
3,275 Nepal1
1,005 The Gambia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,039 China47
2,337 Cyprus43
2,848 Thailand40
14,946 New Zealand38
9,524 Portugal37
2,645 Luxembourg26
12,415 Georgia24
2,015 Iceland19
8,673 Nigeria17
4,106 Japan16
652 South Korea13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,434 Denmark93
57,588 Argentina75
4,774 Latvia73
Countries with hundreds of Sultan:
4,814 Canada926
1,195 Tajikistan812
128 Djibouti736
3,270 Sri Lanka717
9,211 Algeria714
1,418 Sweden711
2,202 Kyrgyzstan465
4,038 Venezuela452
1,020 Singapore449
6,464 Australia447
10,396 Mexico445
23,349 Italy426
7,802 Netherlands359
7,729 Ghana320
3,834 Switzerland306
1,710 Azerbaijan306
1,775 Moldova298
13,703 Spain251
5,652 Tunisia231
47,291 Brazil223
11,417 Greece172
2,776 Ireland153
3,984 Scotland151
2,662 Wales147
951 Guyana143
4,112 Bulgaria140
1,358 Trinidad and Tobago136
11,227 Belarus134
13,523 Belgium134
9,948 Austria131
6,446 Norway118
5,599 Lithuania113
6,877 Finland109
2,434 Mauritius109
Countries with thousands of Sultan:
66 United Arab Emirates8,478
669 Tanzania7,601
116 Kazakhstan6,937
59 Libya6,410
2,273 Philippines5,220
56 Oman5,199
1,484 Germany5,144
728 Malaysia4,680
164 Jordan4,531
1,606 France4,237
8,935 United States4,149
1,139 Uzbekistan3,480
45 Kuwait3,274
4,438 Indonesia3,229
2,512 England3,151
2,362 Uganda2,427
2,570 Ukraine2,119
8,716 Russia2,117
278 Turkmenistan2,072
3,322 Kenya1,726
3,114 Morocco1,611
6,358 Iran1,535
799 Israel1,319
611 Lebanon1,297
117 Qatar1,235
1,981 Romania1,211
5,812 South Africa1,114
97 Bahrain1,063
Countries with ten thousands of Sultan:
166 Egypt80,082
21 Yemen56,716
33 Saudi Arabia45,558
1,384 India42,976
307 Ethiopia41,667
96 Iraq36,460
353 Turkey32,247
68 Syria25,279
207 Afghanistan14,552
311 Sudan14,433
Countries with hundred thousands of Sultan:
84 Pakistan383,581
145 Bangladesh130,285
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Comments

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Particia Raymer
Sultan Sultan comes from Arabic, meaning master: Person nickname that word appears in the 16th century.

Sultan Namesakes

  • Ameer Sultan, Film director
  • Majrooh Sultanpuri, Poet
  • Muhammad XIII, Sultan of Granada, Ruler
  • Muhammad XIII, Sultan of Granada, Ruler
  • Reema bint Sultan Bin Abdelaziz Al Saud, Sultan bin Abdulaziz's daughter
  • Bandar bin Sultan, Ambassador
  • Ayşe Seniyeperver Sultan, Mustafa IV's mother
  • Ayşe Sultan, Abdul Hamid II's daughter
  • Rahime Perestu Sultan, Abdülmecid I's wife
  • Abdulla Sultan Al Nasseri, Soccer player
  • In 2018, Mariam Sultan played the role of N in comedy film Wesalna wela b'adna?.
  • Qussai Sultan portrayed crucial character of Demonic Q in 2018 horror film The Demon of Eagle Rock.

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