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 most in Romania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sociu? popularity and diffusion
Sociu is the 546,987th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,457,343 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Sociu reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 155,407th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 2,300 people.
It is most commonly held 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. Without taking into account Romania this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found 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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