Surum Surname

172,420th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,495 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Kenya

Surum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Surum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,5781:486,10024,666
Kenya7871:58,6785,793
Papua New Guinea961:84,93511,249
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Sürüm (449) are calculated separately.

Surum (383) may also be a first name.

Surum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Surum (Hindi: सुरुम, Marathi: सुरुम, Oriya: ସୁରୁମ, Tibetan: སུ་རུམ།) occurs most in India. It can also appear as a variant: Sürüm. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Surum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 172,420th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,920,860 people. The last name Surum is mostly found in Asia, where 64 percent of Surum reside; 63 percent reside in South Asia and 63 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 442,958th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 383 people.

The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 1,578 people, or 1 in 486,100. In India Surum is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 58 percent are found, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, where 28 percent are found and Gujarat, where 11 percent are found. Outside of India this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 32 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.

Surum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Surum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Surum surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Surum Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Surum earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.83% less than the national average, earning $30,708 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shurum9150/
Surgum9130/
Surume9120/
Sourum9112/
Sutrum9111/
Saurum917/
Suirum911/
Surrum910/
Sürüm87449/
Shurrum8340/
Souroum832/
Suthrum831/
Shutrum830/
Sorum801,452/
Surun80785/
Curum80246/
Jurum8070/
Surom8040/
Zurum8028/
Xurum801/
Schutrum7799/
Souroume772/
Surumova771/
Surung73958/
Surune73164/
Surrun7380/
Shurun7330/
Sutrun7328/
Surgun7323/
Surhun7321/
Shorum7316/
Suruin7311/
Churum7310/
Saurun739/
Shirum738/
Soerum738/
Suroom736/
Surunn736/
Courum734/
Suurom732/
Soroum732/
Suyrun731/
Sourom731/
Zaurum731/
Sourun731/
Sujrun731/
Shurom731/
Caurum731/
Jutrum731/
Jurume731/
Shurumova7112/
Sutrung67139/
Sahurun6737/
Surutin6736/
Surusin6734/
Churume6725/
Sourung6710/
Saurung679/
Schorum677/
Surrung677/
Zouroum677/
Jouroum675/
Surusyn673/
Suttrun673/
Shiraum673/
Surhunt673/
Dziurum672/
Surhund672/
Cheurum671/
Sutrunk671/
Suirgun671/
Shaurun671/
Seureun671/
Shurung671/
Souroun671/
Suruing671/
Soutrun670/

Surum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Surum in the Tibetan language
སུ་རུམ།surum-
Surum in the Oriya language
ସୁରୁମsuruma-
Surum in the Marathi language
सुरुमsuruma87.98
सुरूमsuruma9.05
सुरमsurama0.59
सूरुमsuruma0.45
सूरमsurama0.15
सरुमsaruma0.15
़सुरुमsuruma0.15
सूरूमsuruma0.15
Surum in the Hindi language
सुरुमsuruma57.14
सूरूमsuruma14.29
सुरूमदानीsurumadani14.29
सुरूमsuruma14.29

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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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  • 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 Surum
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