Soorat Surname
Approximately 2,327 people bear this surname
Soorat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,089 | 1:367,193 | 19,837 |
| Afghanistan | 151 | 1:212,935 | 3,910 |
| Pakistan | 87 | 1:2,053,378 | 19,549 |
Soorat (14,067) may also be a first name.
Soorat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soorat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soorat (Hindi: सूरत) occurs most in India. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soorat? popularity and diffusion
The last name Soorat is the 182,624th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,131,734 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Soorat reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 90 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 48,465th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 14,067 people.
Soorat is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 2,089 people, or 1 in 367,193. In India Soorat is most frequent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 97 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 2 percent reside and Delhi, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account India this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 6 percent reside and Pakistan, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soorat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soorat in the Hindi language | ||
| सूरत | surata | 99.87 |
| सूरात | surata | 0.09 |
| सुूरत | suurata | 0.04 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Soorat
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