Surmus Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Surmus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Surmus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1451:536,69929,869
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Surmuş (2) are calculated separately.

Surmus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Surmus is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Surmuş. Click here for further potential spellings of Surmus.

How Common Is The Last Name Surmus? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,465,390th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name Surmus is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Surmus are found; 97 percent are found in West Asia and 97 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 536,699. In Turkey Surmus is most prevalent in: Hatay Province, where 54 percent are found, Diyarbakir Province, where 21 percent are found and Tokat Province, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Surmuş942/
Surmust927/
Surmu9125/
Sourmeus861/
Sormus8353/
Surrmu8310/
Jurmus839/
Surmui834/
Shurmu831/
Surmmu831/
Surmud831/
Shourmu771/
Sormu731/
Sormuş6730/
Cirmus678/
Zaurmui621/
Sormoss621/
Cirmuz5028/

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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 Surmus
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis