Sulo
given name · Latin script
Meaning: charm, grace
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/suɫoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sulo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.
- FIFinland1 in 1K(measured from records)
- LVLatvia≈1 in 2.1K
- ALAlbania1 in 9.7K
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.
- Finland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 28 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)
5,461 people
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
charm, grace
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sulo 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | — | 5,461 | 1 in 1K | 19K | Sulo | 27 |
| LV Latvia | #593 | ≈900 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Sulo | 3 |
| AL Albania | — | 316 | 1 in 9.7K | 316 | — | — |
| US United States | — | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 1.7M | 139 | Sulo | 28 |
| SE Sweden | — | 142 | 1 in 72K | 142 | Sulo | 7 |
| XK Kosovo | — | ≈42 est. | ≈1 in 47K | 48 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈26 est. | ≈1 in 47K | 46 | Sulo | 10 |
5,461 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). 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: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Sulo 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 Filipino, lighted torch; light to be carried about or stuck in a holder
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Albanian, a surname originating as a patronymic
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ist, only; just (no more than)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Esperanto, booby (tropical seabird)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In io, soil, ground, floor
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)
- Sulo Wuolijokib. 1881FIFinnish politician
- Sulo Jääskeläinenb. 1890FIski jumper (1890–1942)
- Sulo Nurmelab. 1908FI(1908-1999) Finnish cross-country skier
- Sulo Bärlundb. 1910FIFinnish athlete (1910–1986)
- Sulo Salmib. 1914FIOlympic gymnast (1914–1984)
- Sulo Suorttanenb. 1921FIFinnish politician (1921-2005)
- Sulo Parkkinenb. 1930FIFinnish association football player (1930-2013)
- Hannu Salamab. 1936FInot in their usual nameFinnish writer
- Sulo Aittoniemib. 1936FIFinnish politician and police officer (1936-2016)
- Sulo Vaattovaarab. 1962SESwedish footballer
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)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 201 | #7,457 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 139 | #128,411 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 109 | #150,452 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 95 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 21 | #24,696 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name 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 Sulo mean, and where does it come from?
- charm, grace Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Sulo?
- A machine transcription gives /suɫoʊ/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Sulo a male or female name?
- Sulo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Sulo have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 5.5 thousand people named Sulo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sulo.
- Where is Sulo most common?
- Sulo is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.0 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Sulo?
- In Finland, the national register counted 5,461 people named Sulo, about 1 in 1.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Sulo compared with other names?
- In Latvia, Sulo is the 593rd most common given name of 11,601 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Sulo?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/suloThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Sulo” — the 593rd most common given name in Latvia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.