Surat

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Suraj in IN India, US United States, GB United Kingdom and 15 more, Sarath in LK Sri Lanka, AR Argentina, IT Italy, Surya in SG Singapore, FI Finland and Sarat in BR Brazil, ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Surat is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name69K records spelled Surat4 spellings in the group

  Also written Ŝurat, Surāt, Sürat

• English name19K records spelled Surat4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, India

  Also written Şurat

• Spanish given name1.6K records spelled Surat8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Colombia

  Also written Surate, Sürat, Ŝurat

• Turkish surname1.6K records spelled Surat10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Turkmenistan

  Also written Sürat, Şurat, Sürãt, Sùråt, Surät

• French name592 records spelled Surat2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France

  Also written Surate

42 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●

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 word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In ban, writing, letter, drawing, bill, written account; to write

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In tet, paper, letter, note, book, journal, or any document

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In kaw, (drawn) line, writing, drawing, letter

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In hnn, writing; letter (especially on bamboo)

  as a word·kaikki.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.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 99 years between 1899–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• 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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 247 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Surat?

We estimate roughly 3.9 thousand people bear Surat (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Surat have the most bearers?

Surat is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled suraj.

How common is Surat compared with other names?

In India, Surat is the 72nd most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

What does the name Surat mean?

Recorded meaning: city, Gujarat, India