Surton Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Spain

Surton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Surton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Surton (137) may also be a first name.

Surton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Surton is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Surton.

How Common Is The Last Name Surton? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Surton are found; 40 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 20 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Surton is also the 790,880th most frequent first name internationally, held by 137 people.

The last name is most widely held in England, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England it is mostly found in: Greater London, where 100 percent are found. Aside from England Surton occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 20 percent are found and Italy, where 20 percent are found.

Surton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Surton has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname fell 83 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Surtong921/
Shurton921/
Sutrton921/
Scurton921/
Sourton921/
Schurton8634/
Scourton8616/
Sorton83693/
Curton83441/
Surtan83270/
Jurton831/
Sourtoing8010/
Saurthong801/
Churton77732/
Shirton77161/
Surtane7734/
Shorton7733/
Surthan777/
Scurtan774/
Curtton771/
Sorrton771/
Surrtan771/
Surtang771/
Caurthon711/
Schorton710/
Curtan67151/
Sortan67111/
Surtam6745/
Jurtom6731/
Sortun6729/
Jurtan6717/
Zorton677/
Churthong674/
Cheurtong674/
Surtanova673/
Zurtun672/
Surtunova671/
Chourtong671/

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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 Surton
  • 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