Sulle

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Feast,

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/suɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Sulle is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • TZTanzania≈1 in 3.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 456K
  • ATAustria≈1 in 519K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)

≈19,000 people, est.

Sources
44 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Tanzania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Feast,

Sources 1

  • The African book of names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sulle counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sulle is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TZ Tanzania#770≈19,000 est.≈1 in 3.1K1Sulle18
NG Nigeria—≈250 est.≈1 in 854KlistedSulle8
IN India—≈170 est.≈1 in 7.9M1—4
MY Malaysia—≈72 est.≈1 in 456K—Sulle10
AR Argentina—561 in 812K56——
AT Austria—≈17 est.≈1 in 519K—Sulle2
EE Estonia—≈2 est.≈1 in 701Klisted——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sulle is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Tanzania, Peru, Spain

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Sülle, Sùllè, Sullé

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Tanzania, India

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Süllë

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sülle

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Tanzania

    Also written Sullé

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tanzania, India, Malaysia

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Sülle

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tanzania, Hungary

    Also written Sülle

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Sulle is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Estonian, allative singular of sa (“you”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Italian, contraction of su le; on the

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In enm, alternative form of sellen

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Finnish, allative singular of sinä

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In se, inflection of suollit:

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Sulle,
InformalHi Sulle,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Sulle
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—56—
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—15#24,013
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—4#163,601

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Sulle mean, and where does it come from?
Feast, Recorded by The African book of names.
How do you pronounce Sulle?
A machine transcription gives /suɫ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Sulle have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 19 thousand people named Sulle in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sulle.
How common is the name Sulle?
In Argentina, the national register counted 56 people named Sulle, about 1 in 812 thousand residents.
How common is Sulle compared with other names?
In Tanzania, Sulle is the 770th most common surname of 112,969 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sulle” — the 770th most common surname in Tanzania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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