# Sule (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sule/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hungarian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 572 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,640 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 539,765 people |
| Change since 2000 | +63% (350 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Nigerian surname predominantly found in Northern Nigeria and among Hausa such as Maitama Sule, Sule Lamido, and Abdullahi Sule, and among Yoruba such as Olayinka Sule, Rofiat Sule, and Sule Ladipo, as well as other Nigerian states including Kogi State. * Borrowed from Hungarian Süle, a pet form of the personal name Szilveszter. * Borrowed from Marathi सुळे (suḷe), a surname predominantly found in Maharashtra.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sule in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 34% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 19% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Similar surnames

Saul, Soule, Sale, Solé, Slee, Slye, Sewell, Shelley, Shell, Schell, Seeley, Sell.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.