# Suleiman (surname)

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

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,976 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,965 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 156,248 people |
| Change since 2000 | +68% (1,176 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sulaiman, Suleman, Soliman, Sulayman, Sulaymaan, Sulyman, Suleyman, Sulaman, Sulejman, Sleiman |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān). Doublet of Solomon.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Suleiman 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) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 8.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Suleiman in Lebanon and the United States.

## People named Suleiman

- Michel Suleiman, 12th President of Lebanon
- Omar Suleiman, American Islamic scholar and author (born 1986)

## Similar surnames

Selman, Soliman, Salman, Sellman, Sulaiman, Sloman, Schulman, Shulman, Solomon, Salmon, Salomon, Salamanca.

## 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.