Surname Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iran

Surname Surname User-submission:

This surname was taken by people who didn't have a surname for cultural reasons. They took Surname as a surname when filling in an official form and had no surname.

Surname Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria631:2,811,79089,258
Iran561:1,371,11656,327
India361:21,307,372304,812
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Surname (45) may also be a first name.

Surname Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname was taken by people who didn't have a surname for cultural reasons. They took Surname as a surname when filling in an official form and had no surname.

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Surname Last Name Facts

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

Surname is found most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Surname? popularity and diffusion

The surname Surname is the 1,343,156th most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname Surname is mostly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Surname are found; 55 percent are found in South Asia and 38 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Surname is also the 1,504,468th most prevalent forename internationally. It is borne by 45 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 2,811,790. In Nigeria Surname is most common in: Lagos, where 19 percent are found, Delta, where 17 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 34 percent are found and India, where 22 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Surnam92336/
Surnama866/
Sorname865/
Surneam862/
Surnami861/
Curname860/
Shirname80366/
Zurnamer80108/
Courname801/
Surnamma801/
Sornam77117/
Surnom7753/
Surinngam755/
Churnam7114/
Sornnam719/
Sornama712/
Soornam711/
Surnoma711/
Surnomt711/
Sornham711/
Sornnaum671/
Sornamma671/
Shornham670/
Suurniemi635/
Sornom62239/
Sornomi5720/
Sornhom571/
Sornhoom531/

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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
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • 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 Surname
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