Surveyor Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Surveyor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 173 | 1:1,023,947 | 43,086 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Surveyor (152) may also be a first name.
Surveyor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Surveyor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Surveyor (Marathi: सरवेओर) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Surveyor? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,214,709th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Surveyor are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Surveyor is also the 746,252nd most common forename worldwide, held by 152 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 1,023,947. In Nigeria Surveyor is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 70 percent are found, Delta, where 18 percent are found and Rivers, where 8 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent are found and Iran, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survieyor | 94 | 1 | / |
| Sourveyor | 94 | 1 | / |
| Surviyor | 88 | 43 | / |
| Surveyer | 88 | 25 | / |
| Survayor | 88 | 7 | / |
| Sorveyor | 88 | 1 | / |
| Survear | 80 | 1 | / |
| Survour | 80 | 1 | / |
| Survier | 80 | 0 | / |
| Sourvier | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shurveer | 75 | 1 | / |
| Surbier | 67 | 89 | / |
| Zurvuer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Surbeer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Surbuer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Suhrbier | 63 | 569 | / |
| Sourbier | 63 | 354 | / |
| Sourbeer | 63 | 315 | / |
| Saurbier | 63 | 245 | / |
| Seurbier | 63 | 14 | / |
| Saurbeir | 63 | 14 | / |
| Suhrweir | 63 | 11 | / |
| Suhrbeer | 63 | 9 | / |
| Saurbour | 63 | 2 | / |
| Saurbeer | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sourbaer | 63 | 0 | / |
| Suirweir | 63 | 0 | / |
| Suhrweier | 59 | 33 | / |
| Surhweier | 59 | 1 | / |
| Schuurbier | 56 | 2 | / |
Surveyor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Surveyor in the Marathi language | ||
| सरवेओर | sarave'ora | - |
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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 Surveyor
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