Suur Surname

499,597th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 659 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Estonia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Suur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Suur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Estonia2651:4,988511
Netherlands1991:84,86014,115
Nigeria771:2,300,55577,632
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
Indonesia321:4,132,787209,071
India91:85,229,487684,495
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Finland61:916,11741,832
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Suur (680) may also be a first name.

Suur Last Name Facts

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

Suur (Bengali: সুূর, Russian: Суур) is more commonly found in Estonia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Suur? popularity and diffusion

Suur is the 499,597th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,058,492 people. Suur occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Suur live; 42 percent live in Northern Europe and 40 percent live in Baltic Europe. Suur is also the 317,548th most commonly held forename worldwide, held by 680 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Estonia, where it is borne by 265 people, or 1 in 4,988. Outside of Estonia Suur exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 30 percent reside and Nigeria, where 12 percent reside.

Suur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Suur has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Suur last name grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shuur89215/
Suurt891/
Suuhr890/
Sur8675,609/
Schuur802,361/
Suurdt8022/
Shuure804/
Sjuurd801/
Shuurt800/
Sutr7514,552/
Suhr7514,011/
Sure7511,358/
Saur758,463/
Sour758,271/
Shur753,596/
Suer751,553/
Surd75944/
Seur75678/
Surt75356/
Szur75303/
Surr75271/
Suir75231/
Surh75174/
Siur75142/
Surp7535/
Surz7534/
Sjur7517/
Sgur759/
Susr754/
Zsur751/
Suyr751/
Hsur751/
Suurova734/
Schuurr730/
Schur676,441/
Suire675,064/
Saure674,159/
Shure672,731/
Shour672,451/
Sourd671,662/
Sahur67774/
Seure67550/
Shurr67475/
Soure67450/
Surre67348/
Sohur67251/
Suehr67208/
Sourt67171/
Shaur67115/
Shuir67114/
Sourp6769/
Shuer6732/
Suyre6729/
Suttr6728/
Shurp6721/
Sourr6719/
Sourh6718/
Surzh6715/
Szaur6713/
Susre679/
Shurt677/
Shurz677/
Seurt677/
Sheur676/
Surtt676/
Seurr675/
Sauër674/
Saurt674/
Sgaur673/
Saurd673/
Surph672/
Szurz672/
Suthr672/
Shurd672/
Souïr671/
Surrr671/
Surdt671/
Surhh671/
Siurh671/
Sousr671/
Sjour671/
Souhr671/
Suerr671/
Szuer671/
Saurz671/
Sceur671/
Seuhr671/
Suhrr671/
Suird671/
Szure671/
Siurr670/
Shurh670/
Sausr670/
Saurr670/
Shuhr670/

Suur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Suur in the Bengali language
সুূরsuura-
Suur in the Russian language
Суурsuur-

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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 Suur
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