Surface Surname

136,161st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Surface Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Surface Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,2021:113,19812,251
England521:1,071,50151,923
India91:85,229,487684,495
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
France31:22,140,907385,998
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5631:89,1989,217

Surface (40) may also be a first name.

Surface Last Name Facts

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

The surname Surface occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Surface? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 136,161st most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 2,210,357 people. Surface occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Surface reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 97 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 40 people.

The surname Surface is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 3,202 people, or 1 in 113,198. In The United States it is most numerous in: Indiana, where 12 percent reside, Virginia, where 10 percent reside and Missouri, where 10 percent reside. Outside of The United States Surface occurs in 25 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.

Surface Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Surface has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Surface last name grew 569 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Surface Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Surface surname are 15.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.42% registered with the party.

Surface earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.73% more than the national average, earning $43,463 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Survface933/
Susrface932/
Surfaace931/
Surfacesr881/
Zurface86157/
Surfase861/
Surfice860/
Surfas7756/
Surfaz771/
Surfass7131/
Surfeuse671/
Sourfakih631/
Zurfas6223/
Soerfass5317/
Surfougi531/

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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 Surface
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