Surff Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United States

Surff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Surff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Surff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Surff occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Surff? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 11,742,229th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Surff occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Surff live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Surff is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 767,065,382. In India Surff is primarily found in: Odisha, where 100 percent reside. Not including India it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 50 percent reside.

Surff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Surff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Surff last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shurff910/
Surf89366/
Schurff8310/
Saurf804/
Shurf804/
Surfs803/
Ssurf801/
Xurff801/
Surft800/
Schuerff771/
Schurf7330/
Shorff7316/
Shirff7314/
Shurfs731/
Churff731/
Sorf67267/
Surv6765/
Surb6753/
Schurpf6734/
Jurf6723/
Zurf6718/
Shierff678/
Schorff674/
Schuerf672/
Curf671/
Schirff670/

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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 Surff
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