Suárez Surname

80,953rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,008 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Anguilla

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.

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Suárez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain2,1761:21,4852,336
Mexico1,2151:102,1613,772
Colombia4601:103,8573,686
Dominican Republic4011:26,0171,610
Argentina3311:129,13410,944
Venezuela2631:114,8443,968
Cuba2021:57,0432,224
Uruguay1801:19,0652,165
United States951:3,815,357209,650
Guatemala701:229,7524,015
Puerto Rico681:52,2081,162
Germany671:1,201,57478,034
Chile541:326,2319,231
Peru511:623,21815,580
England511:1,092,51152,584
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Brazil331:6,487,101155,169
Ecuador321:497,05810,858
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
Nicaragua271:223,0032,652
France151:4,428,181244,602
Paraguay151:482,4506,463
Panama141:279,4476,847
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
El Salvador91:704,8763,399
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Honduras61:1,469,4075,474
Costa Rica51:956,0146,058
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
China31:455,773,85521,925
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Fiji11:894,3914,568
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Comoros11:749,524685
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Anguilla11:13,436792
Andorra11:83,8382,381

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.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

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'.

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This 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.

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Suárez 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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Suàrez9494/
Súárez943/
Suãrez942/
Suáarez922/
Suárrez921/
Suárezx921/
Suárezc921/
Súarez8937/
Sùarez892/
Suáres833/
Zuárez832/
Süarêz831/
Suórez831/
Souarez7759/
Sauarez7719/
Suuarez772/
Siuarez772/
Sjuarez772/
Souares6259/
Suhares627/
Sauarese573/

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