The Surace surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 965 people carried this name — #25,572 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (968).
What the name means
The meaning of the Surace surname
A surname from Arabic.
From Arabic سُرَّاق (surrāq, “thieves”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Surace» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 438 people named Surace live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Surace.
Most of them — 53 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Surace live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Surace,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mimmo Surace 1925–2013 · composer
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Mimmo Surace 1925–2013 · composer
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Diego Surace 1947–
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Marcello Surace 1958– · musician
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Bob Surace 1968– · head coach
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Domenico Surace 1983– · palaeographer
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Surace.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Surace is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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