The Sultana surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,471 people carried this name — #9,373 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 84,700 people counted. That is up 121% from 1,569 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 225 people named Sultana.
Most of them — 147 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
41 people named Sultana live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 29 people named Sultana live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 25 people named Sultana 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sultana.
- Suire 1,108 · U.S. census
- Suissa 180 · U.S. census
- Sulkowski 769 · U.S. census
- Sullivan 220,990 · U.S. census
- Sully 757 · U.S. census
- Sultan 3,363 · U.S. census
- Sulzer 839 · U.S. census
- Sum 1,482 · U.S. census
- Sun 24,058 · U.S. census
- Suppa 1,023 · U.S. census
- Supper 123 · U.S. census
- Sur 698 · U.S. census
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