Surfleet Surname

1,202,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 196 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Barbados

Surfleet Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Surfleet,' a parish in Lincolnshire, four miles from Spalding.

(Persona) de Surflet, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1673-4. William Surflett and Mary Gibbs: Marriage Alleg.

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Surfleet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1801:309,54523,336
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1611:151,40013,347
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Surfleet Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Surfleet,' a parish in Lincolnshire, four miles from Spalding.

(Persona) de Surflet, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1673-4. William Surflett and Mary Gibbs: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Surfleet (Lincs), 13th cent. Surflet-the Sour Water [Middle English sur, Old English súr, sour + Middle Englishflet, Old English fléot, water, a stream]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Surfleet Last Name Facts

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

The last name Surfleet is found most frequently in England. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Surfleet? popularity and diffusion

Surfleet is the 1,202,518th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Surfleet live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most numerous in England, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 309,545. In England Surfleet is most frequent in: Lincolnshire, where 54 percent are found, Greater London, where 7 percent are found and Leicestershire, where 6 percent are found. Aside from England this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Surfleet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Surfleet has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Surfleet surname expanded 112 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 122 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Surfleet Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Surfleet are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

Surfleet earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 131.03% more than the national average, earning $99,688 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sorfleet88187/
Surflett885/
Shurfle800/
Surfled800/
Shirflet751/
Schurfler710/
Zurfley6728/
Zurfleh670/
Sourflais5948/
Surphlis50140/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Surfleet
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