Surau Surname
Approximately 545 people bear this surname
Surau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 337 | 1:525,646 | 25,906 |
| Germany | 125 | 1:644,044 | 50,561 |
| Malaysia | 45 | 1:655,427 | 31,286 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Surau (653) may also be a first name.
Surau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Surau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Surau (Hindi: सुराऊ, Marathi: सुरौ, Oriya: ସୁରଉ, Russian: Сурау) is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Surau.
How Common Is The Last Name Surau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 576,965th most prevalent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 13,371,644 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Surau live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 324,981st most widely held given name world-wide, held by 653 people.
Surau is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 337 people, or 1 in 525,646. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Zamfara, where 51 percent reside, Sokoto, where 29 percent reside and Gombe, where 9 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 23 percent reside and Malaysia, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Surau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Surau in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁରଉ | sura'u | - |
| Surau in the Hindi language | ||
| सुराऊ | sura'u | 75 |
| सुरऊ | sura'u | 12.5 |
| सुरउ | sura'u | 12.5 |
| Surau in the Marathi language | ||
| सुरौ | surau | 50 |
| सुरऊ | sura'u | 50 |
| Surau in the Russian language | ||
| Сурау | surau | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Surau
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