It is named for Suri people, whose homeland lies largely in this woreda.
A portion of the Omo National Park extends into the southern part of this woreda.
High points include Mt shologoy or (Mountain Naita)(2560 meters) on the Ethiopian-South Sudanese border.
[3] As of 2008[update], about 30% of the total population of Suri has no access to drinking water and others social infrastructures .
[4] The three largest ethnic groups reported in 1994 in the Surma woreda were the Suri woreda/Suri people (93.79%), the Dizi (3.09%), and the Amhara, i.e., northerners (1.71%); others made up 1.41% of the population.