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

The last name Surgeant has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Surgeant? popularity and diffusion

It is the 11,742,229th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Surgeant occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Surgeant live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 36 people.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 54,177,704. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 50 percent reside.

Surgeant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Surgeant has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Surgeant last name declined 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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