Sukuran Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Guyana

Sukuran Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sukuran Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines891:1,137,50891,778
Uganda181:2,168,84967,754
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
India51:153,413,076951,030
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Guyana11:762,22114,420

Sukuran (388) may also be a first name.

Sukuran Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sukuran (Hindi: सुकुरन, Oriya: ସୁକୁରନ) is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sukuran? popularity and diffusion

Sukuran is the 1,596,935th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. Sukuran occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Sukuran live; 81 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 439,750th most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 388 people.

The surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 1,137,508. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 99 percent reside and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 1 percent reside. Excluding The Philippines this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 14 percent reside and Indonesia, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sukuran Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sukuran in the Hindi language
सुकुरनsukurana70.59
सुकूरनsukurana17.65
सकूरनsakurana5.88
सूकूरनsukurana5.88
Sukuran in the Oriya language
ସୁକୁରନsukurana57.14
ସୁକୁରନ୍sukuran14.29
ଶୁକୁରନsukurana14.29
ସୁକୁରାନ୍sukuran7.14
ସୁକୁରାନsukurana7.14

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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 Sukuran
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