Sociu Surname
Approximately 585 people bear this surname
Sociu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 571 | 1:35,163 | 4,481 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Sociu (2,300) may also be a first name.
Sociu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sociu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sociu occurs more in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sociu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 546,987th most widespread family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 12,457,343 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Sociu are found; 98 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 98 percent are found in Romanian Europe. Sociu is also the 155,407th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 2,300 people.
The last name Sociu is most widespread in Romania, where it is carried by 571 people, or 1 in 35,163. In Romania Sociu is most common in: Bacău County, where 59 percent are found, Neamț County, where 25 percent are found and Galați County, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Romania this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 1 percent are found and Moldova, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Socius | 91 | 5 | / |
| Socu | 89 | 135 | / |
| Sociusz | 83 | 5 | / |
| Suciu | 80 | 30,291 | / |
| Soycu | 80 | 29 | / |
| Sochu | 80 | 13 | / |
| Soicu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Socou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sosiu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shochu | 73 | 4,961 | / |
| Souchu | 73 | 590 | / |
| Soucou | 73 | 148 | / |
| Shoizu | 73 | 106 | / |
| Sochou | 73 | 69 | / |
| Sochau | 73 | 15 | / |
| Soiseu | 73 | 14 | / |
| Sohsiu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Soisud | 73 | 4 | / |
| Socheu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Szuciu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Soisut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Siocou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Soizou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sochus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Sucu | 67 | 14,522 | / |
| Sosu | 67 | 12,106 | / |
| Sacu | 67 | 304 | / |
| Sozu | 67 | 65 | / |
| Siochou | 67 | 32 | / |
| Saatciu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sochoux | 67 | 6 | / |
| Şocu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Socó | 67 | 5 | / |
| Siosiua | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sotchou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sochaux | 67 | 2 | / |
| Souchou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sotchut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shouchu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schochu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soxu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hsiochu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sociu
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