# Suriname vs surname

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Suriname
*name · IPA /ˌsʊə.ɹɪˈnæm/ · frequency rank #46,205*
A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Suriname. Capital and largest city: Paramaribo.

### surname
*noun · IPA /ˈsɜːˌneɪm/ · frequency rank #15,070*
The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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