Sarmah

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/sɑɹmə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Sarmah is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 13M(measured from records)
  • AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 294K
  • CACanada≈1 in 2.2M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (measured from records)

99 people

Sources
115 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 294K (inferred from the name graph)

United Arab Emirates, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sarmah 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.

Where Sarmah is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India991 in 13M99Sarmah115
US United States≈86 est.≈1 in 3.9MlistedSarmah70
AE United Arab Emirates≈34 est.≈1 in 294K—Sarmah7
CA Canada≈17 est.≈1 in 2.2M—Sarmah10
GB United Kingdom≈16 est.≈1 in 4M15Sarmah17
PL Poland31 in 13M3——

99 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sarmah is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Sármáh

  • Thai surname15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, India, United States

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written Samathi, สะมะที, สามาท, Samath, Samatee

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Şarmah

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Formalआदरणीय Sarmah जी,Respected Sarmah ji, (English)
Informalनमस्ते Sarmah जी,Hi Sarmah, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

How do you pronounce Sarmah?
A machine transcription gives /sɑɹmə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
In which country does Sarmah have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 99 people named Sarmah, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sarmah.
How common is the name Sarmah?
In India, the national register counted 99 people named Sarmah, about 1 in 13 million residents.

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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, “Sarmah”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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