Surgeant Surname

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

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Surgeant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Surgeant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Surgeant (36) may also be a first name.

Surgeant Last Name Facts

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

Surgeant is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Surgeant? popularity and diffusion

The last name Surgeant is the 11,742,229th most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Surgeant reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Surgeant is also the 1,717,090th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 36 people.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 54,177,704. In South Africa Surgeant is most common in: Gauteng, where 100 percent are found. Barring South Africa Surgeant occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 50 percent are found.

Surgeant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Surgeant has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Surgeant surname decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Surgean930/
Surgeont8814/
Surgeon80949/
Surjant8071/
Suryant8010/
Suriant807/
Suraint801/
Surgain800/
Souriant7533/
Sourient7524/
Suriyant7512/
Suryante757/
Suryantd756/
Suriante754/
Saurgeon753/
Sursaint752/
Sourgeon752/
Surajant751/
Seurgeon751/
Surcaint751/
Shurgeon750/
Surgeion750/
Shurghyan7150/
Souriante716/
Surujanth711/
Surjian6718/
Surzain6717/
Sursain6717/
Suryand672/
Surjyan671/
Surjeon671/
Suriand671/
Sorgeon671/
Surjain671/
Surgeom670/
Surgoin670/

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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 Surgeant
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