Surum

surname · Latin script

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

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

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 14M(measured from records)
  • KEKenya≈1 in 90K
  • USUnited States≈1 in 21M

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.

Kenya (inferred from the name graph)

≈600 people, est.

Sources
29 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 90K (inferred from the name graph)

Kenya, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Sürüm in DE Germany.

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)

Surum 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 Surum is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KE Kenya≈600 est.≈1 in 90K—Surum7
IN India941 in 14M94Surum17
US United States≈16 est.≈1 in 21MlistedSurum29
DE Germany≈2 est.≈1 in 43M—Sürüm9
TR Türkiye≈2 est.≈1 in 39M—Surum2

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. 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)

Surum is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kenya, India

    Also written Şurum

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Dominican Republic, Kenya, United States, Türkiye

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Sürüm, Şurum

  • Bangla surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Şurum

  • Turkish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria

    Also written Sürüm, Şurum

21 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Surum is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In msk, a black ant

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In msk, black ant

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Surum
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—94#29,624
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—16#3,938
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—11#1,708
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—7#2,814
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Surum have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 595 people named Surum in Kenya, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled surum.
How common is the name Surum?
In India, the national register counted 94 people named Surum, about 1 in 14 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, “Surum”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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