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    The surname Sule

    A Hungarian surname, carried by 572 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S400

    Sule: #38,640 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sule #38,640, 572 people Sule: #38,640 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Sule #38,640, 572 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sule is more common than 76.2% of them.

    Origin

    Hungarian origin

    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.

    One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 572 people named Sule in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 539,765 Americans. That is up 63% since 2000, when the Census counted 350.

    #38,640
    rank among US surnames
    572
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +63.4%
    change since 2000 (was #55,003)

    Who is named Sule

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

    39% of people named Sule identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 39%
    • White (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.0%
    • Two or more races 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sule

    Sule has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

    Other Hungarian surnames

    All 46 Hungarian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sule come from?
    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…
    How common is the surname Sule?
    572 people in the United States had the surname Sule in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 539,765 Americans. It ranked 38,640th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sule?
    In the 2010 Census, 39% of people named Sule identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sule getting more or less common?
    More common. 350 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 572 in 2010, up 63%.