How common is the surname Suleiman?

1,976 people in the United States had the surname Suleiman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,248 Americans. It ranked 14,965th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Suleiman?

Michel Suleiman, 12th President of Lebanon, followed by Omar Suleiman.

Where is the surname Suleiman most common?

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

Is the surname Suleiman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,176 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,976 in 2010, up 68%.

What are other spellings of Suleiman?

Sulaiman, Suleman, Soliman, Sulayman, Sulaymaan and Sulyman.

Is Suleiman also a first name?

Yes. Suleiman 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 Suleiman

An Arabic surname, carried by 1,976 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). Suleiman is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

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

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 1,976 people named Suleiman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,248 Americans. That is up 68% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,176.

#14,965

rank among US surnames

1,976

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+68%

change since 2000 (was #20,871)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,957	Toone	1,977	156,169
#14,965	Smathers	1,976	156,248
#14,970	Hagopian	1,975	156,327

Who is named Suleiman

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

70% of people named Suleiman identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Two or more races 8.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Suleimans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michel Suleiman
12th President of Lebanon, born 1948
Omar Suleiman
American Islamic scholar and author (born 1986)

Notable Suleimans come mostly from Lebanon (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Sulaiman
Suleman
Soliman
Sulayman
Sulaymaan
Sulyman
Suleyman
Sulaman
Sulejman
Sleiman

Surnames that sound like Suleiman

Suleiman 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 Suleiman come from?: Borrowed from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān). Doublet of Solomon.
How common is the surname Suleiman?: 1,976 people in the United States had the surname Suleiman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,248 Americans. It ranked 14,965th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Suleiman?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Suleiman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Suleiman?: Michel Suleiman, 12th President of Lebanon, followed by Omar Suleiman.
Where is the surname Suleiman most common?: Wikidata records people named Suleiman in Lebanon and the United States.
Is the surname Suleiman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,176 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,976 in 2010, up 68%.
What are other spellings of Suleiman?: Sulaiman, Suleman, Soliman, Sulayman, Sulaymaan and Sulyman.
Is Suleiman also a first name?: Yes. Suleiman 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.