How common is the surname Sultan?

3,363 people in the United States had the surname Sultan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,807 Americans. It ranked 9,648th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sultan?

In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Sultan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Sultan?

Wafa Sultan, American Syrian-born psychiatrist, followed by Niv Sultan.

Where is the surname Sultan most common?

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

Is the surname Sultan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,372 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,363 in 2010, up 42%.

The surname Sultan

A surname, carried by 3,363 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S435

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sultan is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,363 people named Sultan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,807 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,372.

#9,648

rank among US surnames

3,363

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+41.8%

change since 2000 (was #12,070)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,642	Wilken	3,366	91,725
#9,643	Azar	3,365	91,752
#9,646	Bash	3,364	91,779
#9,648	Rode	3,363	91,807
#9,652	Pecoraro	3,362	91,834

Who is named Sultan

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

47% of people named Sultan identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 47%
Asian and Pacific Islander 34%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Two or more races 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sultans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wafa Sultan
American Syrian-born psychiatrist, born 1958
Niv Sultan
Actress and model, born 1992

Notable Sultans come mostly from the United States (1) and Israel (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sultan

Sultan has the Soundex code S435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S435.

Questions

How common is the surname Sultan?: 3,363 people in the United States had the surname Sultan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,807 Americans. It ranked 9,648th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sultan?: In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Sultan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Sultan?: Wafa Sultan, American Syrian-born psychiatrist, followed by Niv Sultan.
Where is the surname Sultan most common?: Wikidata records people named Sultan in the United States and Israel.
Is the surname Sultan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,372 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,363 in 2010, up 42%.