What is "surtees"

The Surtees Racing Organisation was a race team that spent nine seasons (1970 to 1978) as a constructor in Formula One, Formula 2, and Formula 5000.

Surtees may refer to:

• Surtees, a former motor racing team
• Surtees (surname), an English surname
• Surtees Bridge, a road bridge across the River Tees in Stockton-on-Tees.
• Surti Muslims
• Robert Smith Surtees,a nineteenth century novelist who wrote humorously of hunting
• Surtees Society, County Durham antiquarian society.
• Robert Surtees (antiquarian), inspiration for the Surtees Society.

Surtees is a surname derived from "sur-Tees" or "sur-Tays". The name originates from the rivers Tees or Tay in County Durham, England and most likely originates from the Anglo-Norman nobility's practice of naming yourself after where you have settled. "Sur" is a French conjunction meaning "upon" or "from" and be found in the word surname as well as many French placenames like Vic-sur-Aisne.