Suren
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Surname of a Parthian noble family
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈsʊɹən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Suren is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Armenia than in any other country, where it is the 48th most common given name.
- USUnited States1 in 411K(measured from records)
- AMArmenia≈1 in 270as Սուրեն
- GEGeorgia1 in 4.9Kas სურენ
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 Suren 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.
- Armenia (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 189 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈11,000 named Սուրեն, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nepal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Սուրեն in AM Armenia.
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)
Surname of a Parthian noble family.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Suren 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM Armenia | #48 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 270 | 82 | Սուրեն | 70 |
| NP Nepal | — | ≈5,300 est. | ≈1 in 5.7K | — | Suren | 29 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Suren | 26 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 54K | — | Suren | 27 |
| GE Georgia | #480 | 824as სურენ | 1 in 4.9K | 824 | Suren | 24 |
| US United States | — | 809 | 1 in 411K | 767 | Suren | 189 |
| QA Qatar | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Suren | 6 |
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: Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia — Most Popular Newborn Names; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API). 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)
Suren is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In enm, To plead, swear (an oath) or assure (that something is to be done).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Finnish, first-person singular present indicative of surra
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Catalan, third-person plural present indicative of surar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Estonian, First-person singular present form of surema.
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)
- Suren Erzinkjanb. 1881FIFinnish diplomat
- Suren Spandaryanb. 1882GEArmenian writer (1882–1916)
- Varlam Avanesovb. 1884TRnot in their usual nameRussian revolutionary (1884–1930)
- Suren Shaduntsb. 1898AZArmenian politician (1898–1938)
- Suren Yeremyanb. 1908AMArmenian historian (1908–1992)
- Suren Tovmasyanb. 1909AMsoviet Armenian politician
- Suren Arutyunyanb. 1939AMArmenian diplomat
- Suren Arakelovb. 1947RURussian mathematician
- Suren Nalbandyanb. 1956AMOlympic wrestler (born 1956)
- Souren Papikyanb. 1986AMnot in their usual nameArmenian politician (born 1986)
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)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 52 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 767 | #14,548 |
| AM Armenia | Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia — Most Popular Newborn Names | 2025 | 82 | #44 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 42 | #14,548 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 13 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Suren mean, and where does it come from?
- Surname of a Parthian noble family. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Suren?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈsʊɹən/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Suren a male or female name?
- Suren is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Suren have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Սուրեն in Armenia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Suren?
- In the United States, the national register counted 809 people named Suren in 2020, about 1 in 411 thousand residents.
- How common is Suren compared with other names?
- In Armenia, Suren is the 48th most common given name of 7,577 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Suren?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/surenThe 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, “Suren” — the 48th most common given name in Armenia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.