Cognomen Sulten (Sulten 
, Sylt 
, Sylte 
) , all around the world, is quite a rare surname. The surname Sulten is characteristic of Norway, where it is quite a common surname, Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare surname, and Denmark. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Norway, the United States, and Saudi Arabia. Much less frequently, Sulten is the forename as well as the last name.