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 last name Surau (Hindi: सुराऊ, Marathi: सुरौ, Oriya: ସୁରଉ, Russian: Сурау) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Surau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Surau is the 576,965th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 13,371,644 people. Surau occurs mostly 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 commonly occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 653 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 337 people, or 1 in 525,646. In Nigeria Surau is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 51 percent are found, Sokoto, where 29 percent are found and Gombe, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 23 percent are found and Malaysia, where 8 percent are found.
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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