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 occurs more in Spain more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Suàrez, Súárez, Suãrez, Súarez, Sùarez or Süarêz. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Suárez? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 80,953rd most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,212,974 people. The surname Suárez is mostly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Suárez live; 37 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 37 percent live in Iberian Europe.
It is most numerous in Spain, where it is carried by 2,176 people, or 1 in 21,485. In Spain Suárez is most frequent in: Madrid, where 24 percent reside, Asturias, where 17 percent reside and Canary Islands, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Spain Suárez exists in 61 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 20 percent reside and Colombia, where 8 percent reside.
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