How common is the surname Sulaiman?

1,076 people in the United States had the surname Sulaiman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. It ranked 23,587th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sulaiman getting more or less common?

More common. 634 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,076 in 2010, up 70%.

Is Sulaiman also a first name?

Yes. Sulaiman is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Sulaiman

An Arabic surname, carried by 1,076 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S455 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sulaiman is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Borrowed from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān).

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,076 people named Sulaiman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. That is up 70% since 2000, when the Census counted 634.

#23,587

rank among US surnames

1,076

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+69.7%

change since 2000 (was #33,876)

Who is named Sulaiman

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

48% of people named Sulaiman identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 48%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Asian and Pacific Islander 20%
Two or more races 6.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sulaiman

Sulaiman has the Soundex code S455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S455.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sulaiman come from?: Borrowed from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān).
How common is the surname Sulaiman?: 1,076 people in the United States had the surname Sulaiman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. It ranked 23,587th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sulaiman?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Sulaiman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Sulaiman getting more or less common?: More common. 634 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,076 in 2010, up 70%.
Is Sulaiman also a first name?: Yes. Sulaiman is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.