Surat
loc · Latin script
Meaning: city, Gujarat, India
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Surat is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country. In Sri Lanka it is the 39th most common given name.
- LKSri Lanka≈1 in 858as Sarath(inferred from the name graph)
- QAQatar≈1 in 1.6Kas Suraj
- THThailand≈1 in 2.4Kas สุรัตน์
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Surat itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- #570 (measured from records)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 293 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 378 (inferred from the name graph)
≈130,000 named Surya, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nepal, est., as Suraj
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
14 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Suraj in US United States, NG Nigeria, QA Qatar and 3 more, สุรัตน์ in TH Thailand and Sarath in LK Sri Lanka.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
city, Gujarat, India
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Surat counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Suraj | 51 |
| NP Nepal | — | ≈80,000 est. | ≈1 in 378 | 1 | Suraj | 85 |
| TH Thailand | #145 | ≈29,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | #629,517 | สุรัตน์ | 127 |
| LK Sri Lanka | #39 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 858 | — | Sarath | 61 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Suraj | 42 |
| US United States | — | 2,767as Surya | 1 in 120K | 7.4K | Suraj | 285 |
| QA Qatar | #126 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Suraj | 29 |
| GY Guyana | #200 | 355as Suraj | 1 in 2.1K | 355 | Suraj | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Surat is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Alternative form of sura (“A chapter of the Qur'an”).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ban, writing, letter, drawing, bill, written account; to write
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In tet, paper, letter, note, book, journal, or any document
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In kaw, (drawn) line, writing, drawing, letter
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In hnn, writing; letter (especially on bamboo)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Auguste-Alexis Suratb. 1804FRFrench archdeacon
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 25 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 189 | #96,368 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 173 | #108,965 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 158 | #104,819 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 83 | #48,685 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 47 | #48,685 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 6 | #588 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Surat mean, and where does it come from?
- city, Gujarat, India Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
- In which country does Surat have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 134 thousand people named Surya in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Surat?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,767 people named Surya in 2020, about 1 in 120 thousand residents.
- How common is Surat compared with other names?
- In Sri Lanka, Surat is the 39th most common given name of 14,062 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/suratThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Surat” — the 39th most common given name in Sri Lanka. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.