Sudan

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Südan in DE Germany.

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

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

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

• a separate given name26K records spelled Sudan2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in China

  Also written Su-Dan

• Turkish surname2.6K records spelled Sudan3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye

  Also written Südan

• Spanish surname2.3K records spelled Sudan11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese

  Also written Sudao, Sudán, Sudão, Sudãn, Sudàn

• French surname1.7K records spelled Sudan6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Syria, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Arabic

  Also written Soudan, Südan

• Chinese given name739 records spelled Sudan2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in China

  Also written Su-Dan

• Russian surname722 records spelled Sudan15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Судан, Soudan, Soudant

46 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●

Sudan 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 Maltese, Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa; official name: Repubblika tas-Sudan)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Catalan, Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Asturian, third-person plural present subjunctive of sudar

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, third-person plural present indicative of sudar

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, A country in North Africa and East Africa.

  as a word·kaikki.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.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 90 years between 1903–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Preeti Sudanb. 1960INIndian bureaucrat
• Madhu Sudanb. 1966INIndian computer scientist
• Karine Sudanb. 1969CHSwiss film editor
• Iamsu!b. 1989USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper and record producer
• Sudan Jeffersactor

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 230 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sudan?

We estimate roughly 2.1 thousand people bear Sudan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Sudan have the most bearers?

Sudan is most frequently recorded in the Sudan, where it is most often spelled sudan.

What does the name Sudan mean?

Recorded meaning: region, republic, Africa