Suárez Surname
Approximately 6,008 people bear this surname
Suárez Surname Definition:
The son of Suero (south army); one who came from Suárez (south army), in Spain; descendant of the maker or seller of cheese.
Son of Suero as suggested by the patronymic ending "-ez." Suero is German and means "army of the south."
Patronymic found in Asturias, Leon and Santander.
Read More About This SurnameSuárez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2,176 | 1:21,485 | 2,336 |
| Mexico | 1,215 | 1:102,161 | 3,772 |
| Colombia | 460 | 1:103,857 | 3,686 |
| Dominican Republic | 401 | 1:26,017 | 1,610 |
| Argentina | 331 | 1:129,134 | 10,944 |
| Venezuela | 263 | 1:114,844 | 3,968 |
| Cuba | 202 | 1:57,043 | 2,224 |
| Uruguay | 180 | 1:19,065 | 2,165 |
| United States | 95 | 1:3,815,357 | 209,650 |
| Guatemala | 70 | 1:229,752 | 4,015 |
| Puerto Rico | 68 | 1:52,208 | 1,162 |
| Germany | 67 | 1:1,201,574 | 78,034 |
| Chile | 54 | 1:326,231 | 9,231 |
| Peru | 51 | 1:623,218 | 15,580 |
| England | 51 | 1:1,092,511 | 52,584 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Brazil | 33 | 1:6,487,101 | 155,169 |
| Ecuador | 32 | 1:497,058 | 10,858 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| Nicaragua | 27 | 1:223,003 | 2,652 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Paraguay | 15 | 1:482,450 | 6,463 |
| Panama | 14 | 1:279,447 | 6,847 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| El Salvador | 9 | 1:704,876 | 3,399 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Honduras | 6 | 1:1,469,407 | 5,474 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Anguilla | 1 | 1:13,436 | 792 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
The alternate forms: Suàrez (94), Súárez (3), Suãrez (2), Súarez (37), Sùarez (2) & Süarêz (1) are calculated separately.
Suárez Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The son of Suero (south army); one who came from Suárez (south army), in Spain; descendant of the maker or seller of cheese.
Son of Suero as suggested by the patronymic ending "-ez." Suero is German and means "army of the south."
Patronymic found in Asturias, Leon and Santander. Name of village near Oviedo. Modification of German "suero" or "sug-hari-whey"— blood, race or family, particularly as belonging to nobility. Found in forms Xuárez and Juárez (see). Often in combination with other names, particularly toponyms and estate names.
Son of "suero" meaning on the side of the sun, suggesting midday.
Could mean son of Suero which means the army of the south.
Patronymic of Suero. Most ancient home in mountains of Santander.
User-submitted Reference
A patronymic surname of Spanish origin; to be exact, it comes from Asturias. Son of Suaro or Suero.
Also to indicate that this surname comes from the Latin word suerius, which means 'shoemaker'.
- deleted-72043This surname derives from the name meaning 'shoemaker', 'fire', and the ending -ez, meaning 'son of'. Therefore the surname means 'son of shoemaker' or 'son of fire' in Spanish.
- im_4evr_a_blivrSuárez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Suárez Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Suárez is held by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Suàrez, Súárez, Suãrez, Súarez, Sùarez or Süarêz. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Suárez? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 80,953rd most commonly used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,212,974 people. The surname Suárez occurs mostly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Suárez are found; 37 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 37 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
The surname Suárez is most common in Spain, where it is carried by 2,176 people, or 1 in 21,485. In Spain it is most common in: Madrid, where 24 percent are found, Asturias, where 17 percent are found and Canary Islands, where 15 percent are found. Beside Spain this last name is found in 61 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 20 percent are found and Colombia, where 8 percent are found.
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