Surmala Surname

1,214,709th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 193 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Surmala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Surmala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1921:3,995,132108,566
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Surmala (359) may also be a first name.

Surmala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Surmala (Hindi: सुरमाला, Marathi: सुरमला) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Surmala? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,214,709th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. Surmala occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Surmala reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 459,598th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 359 people.

This surname is most widespread in India, where it is held by 192 people, or 1 in 3,995,132. In India Surmala is most common in: Manipur, where 96 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 2 percent live and Maharashtra, where 1 percent live. Apart from India Surmala is found in one country. It is also found in Liberia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surmala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Surmala in the Hindi language
सुरमालाsuramala80.95
सुरमलाsuramala14.29
सूरमलाsuramala2.38
सुर्मलाsurmala2.38
Surmala in the Marathi language
सुरमलाsuramala80
सुयर्मालाsuyarmala6.67
सुमर्लाsumarla6.67
सुवणर्मालाsuvanarmala6.67

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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
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  • 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 Surmala
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