# Sultan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sultan/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,363 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,648 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 91,807 people |
| Change since 2000 | +42% (2,372 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sultan 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) | 47% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 34% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 5.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sultan in the United States and Israel.

## People named Sultan

- Wafa Sultan, American Syrian-born psychiatrist
- Niv Sultan, actress and model

## Similar surnames

Slaton, Sultana, Slaten, Sultanov, Shelton, Saldana, Sheldon, Skelton, Slayton, Scholten, Saladino, Seldon.

## 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.