Surter Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Surter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Surter (52) may also be a first name.
Surter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Surter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Surter occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Surter? popularity and diffusion
Surter is the 3,882,373rd most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. Surter is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Surter are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Surter is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 52 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria Surter is primarily found in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent live.
Surter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Surter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Surter surname contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Surter
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