The Sudan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 297 people carried this name — #66,553 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 13% from 264 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
644 people named Sudan live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 127 people named Sudan.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Doubs.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 91 people named Sudan live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Cruz.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Sudan in American newspapers,
1915–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 39,308 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sudan.
- Sublet 181 · U.S. census
- Subramaniam 1,151 · U.S. census
- Succo 108 · U.S. census
- Such 1,160 · U.S. census
- Sucher 778 · U.S. census
- Suchon 180 · U.S. census
- Suder 804 · U.S. census
- Sudol 1,652 · U.S. census
- Sue 1,480 · U.S. census
- Suel 224 · U.S. census
- Sugg 2,568 · U.S. census
- Suhr 2,717 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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