Surah Surname
Approximately 1,450 people bear this surname
Surah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 584 | 1:226,454 | 21,080 |
| Iran | 549 | 1:139,859 | 12,566 |
| Israel | 103 | 1:83,084 | 9,968 |
| Afghanistan | 97 | 1:331,476 | 5,083 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Palestine | 2 | 1:2,274,424 | 17,661 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Surah (7,179) may also be a first name.
Surah Demographics
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Surah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Surah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Surah (Hindi: सुराह, Marathi: सुराह, Oriya: ସୁରହ) is most common in Indonesia. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Surah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 269,054th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 5,025,894 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Surah reside; 46 percent reside in South Asia and 45 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Surah is also the 76,352nd most commonly used first name internationally, held by 7,179 people.
The surname Surah is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 584 people, or 1 in 226,454. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: East Java, where 50 percent live, Jambi, where 16 percent live and East Nusa Tenggara, where 7 percent live. Other than Indonesia Surah is found in 23 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 38 percent live and Israel, where 7 percent live.
Surah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Surah are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% registered with the party.
Surah earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.35% more than the national average, earning $46,750 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Surah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Surah in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁରହ | suraha | - |
| Surah in the Marathi language | ||
| सुराह | suraha | 50 |
| सुरह | suraha | 25 |
| सुरज | suraja | 25 |
| Surah in the Hindi language | ||
| सुराह | suraha | 37.5 |
| सुरह | suraha | 25 |
| सूर्यबली | suryabali | 12.5 |
| सूरह | suraha | 12.5 |
| सूरज | suraja | 12.5 |
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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 Surah
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