Surfshark lookalike domains
Greyphish has recorded 150 domains that resemble Surfshark since February 2026, 15 of them in the last 90 days. Most of them (78%) are typosquats, a keystroke or two away from the real name. .com carries 85% of them, out of 15 endings in all. The pace has slowed, with 1 in the last 30 days against 7 in the 30 before. The busiest week began 20 April 2026, with 27 new ones. 3 certificates for unregistered .ph names (registry wildcard) are excluded: the registry answers for any name under that ending, so nobody had to register one to get a certificate for it.
Data as of . Public sources only.
What kind of lookalikes
One or two keystrokes away from the real name: a letter dropped, doubled, swapped or mistyped. More
Words most often added to the name in the last 90 days: app (9).
Lookalikes per week
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| Week of | Typo | Combo | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | 25 | 2 | 27 |
| 2026-04-27 | 22 | 1 | 23 |
| 2026-05-04 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-11 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026-06-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-06-08 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-06-15 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-06-22 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-06-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-07-06 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-07-13 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-07-20 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-07-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-03 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026-08-17 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-09-07 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-10-05 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-10-12 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Endings
The 8 most used of the 15 top-level domains these lookalikes sit under.
| Ending | Lookalikes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| .com | 128 | 85.3% |
| .com.cn | 5 | 3.3% |
| .cn | 2 | 1.3% |
| .lol | 2 | 1.3% |
| .mom | 2 | 1.3% |
| .online | 2 | 1.3% |
| .click | 1 | 0.7% |
| .cyou | 1 | 0.7% |
Where they are registered
For the 125 with a registrar in WHOIS (83% of all). Brand-protection registrars mostly hold defensive registrations made by brands themselves, so a domain there is more likely the brand's own than an imitation.
| Registrar | Lookalikes | Share | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danesco Trading | 52 | 41.6% | Retail |
| Dynadot | 22 | 17.6% | Retail |
| Media Elite Holdings | 15 | 12.0% | Retail |
| NameBright | 11 | 8.8% | Retail |
| GoDaddy | 5 | 4.0% | Retail |
| NameSilo | 4 | 3.2% | Retail |
| Gname | 3 | 2.4% | Retail |
| Spaceship | 3 | 2.4% | Retail |
Recent examples
The 10 most recent, written with [.] so they cannot be clicked. The brand's own domains and registrations held by brand-protection registrars are left out. A lookalike resembles Surfshark; it is not necessarily malicious, and none of these is a claim about who registered it or why.
suirfshark[.]comTypo, Oct 13Not checkedsurfsharkofficial[.]com[.]cnCombo, Sep 2Serves a websitesurfshark-app[.]com[.]cnCombo, Aug 28Not checkedsurfshark-app-pro[.]homesCombo, Aug 23Not checkedsurfshark-web[.]funCombo, Aug 23Not checkedsurfshark-app[.]clickCombo, Aug 23Not checkedsurfsha5k[.]comTypo, Aug 21Not checkedsurfshark-app[.]cnCombo, Aug 15Not checkedsurfshark-app[.]cyouCombo, Aug 15Not checkedsurfshark-app[.]comCombo, Aug 11Serves a website
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Greyphish is not affiliated with Surfshark. Domains listed resemble Surfshark by spelling; registration alone says nothing about intent. Counts cover domains first seen in public Certificate Transparency logs and ICANN zone files; domains that Greyphish customers watch are excluded.