Göçen Surname

84,475th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,720 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Göçen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Göçen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey5,6641:13,7401,731
Northern Cyprus511:6,2551,368
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Göcen (57) & Gočen (38) are calculated separately.

Göçen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Göçen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Göçen occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Göcen or Gočen. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Göçen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Göçen is the 84,475th most common family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,274,046 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 82 percent of Göçen live; 82 percent live in West Asia and 82 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 5,664 people, or 1 in 13,740. In Turkey Göçen is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 9 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 8 percent reside. Beside Turkey it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent reside and Kosovo, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Göcen9357/
Göğçen91106/
Gočen8738/
Gözen805,991/
Geçen801,158/
Göçün8097/
Gösen8061/
Götzen73909/
Göğşen7321/
Göçsan731/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Göçen
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