Sourmelis Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Sourmelis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sourmelis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1451:76,41212,866
Cyprus541:16,3871,852
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397

Sourmelis Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sourmelis Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sourmelis has its highest incidence in Greece. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sourmelis.

How Common Is The Last Name Sourmelis? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,155,901st most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Sourmelis reside; 96 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

It is most frequently used in Greece, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 76,412. In Greece it is most frequent in: Attica, where 68 percent are found, East Macedonia and Thrace, where 17 percent are found and Crete, where 10 percent are found. Barring Greece this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Cyprus, where 26 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sourmeli9494/
Surmelis946/
Surmeli8889/
Cormelis822/
Sormeili821/
Sürmeli758,708/
Surmely75318/
Sarmeli75162/
Sormela75117/
Surmela7596/
Sormili7536/
Sormilic7118/
Sarmalis7113/
Sormeley714/
Sharmeli714/
Sarmelia713/
Carmelis713/
Shormela711/
Sarmeili711/
Surmaili711/
Shormili711/
Suermely711/
Sourmila711/
Surmilic711/
Surmeley710/
Sormilich6727/
Scharmeli671/
Sharmelei671/
Sharmeeli671/
Shurmelya671/

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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 Sourmelis
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