Sozak Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Sozak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 211 | 1:368,822 | 22,921 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
The alternate forms: Sözak (7) are calculated separately.
Sozak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sozak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sozak is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Sözak. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sozak? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,048,281st most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. Sozak occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of Sozak reside; 81 percent reside in West Asia and 81 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
This surname is most widespread in Turkey, where it is held by 211 people, or 1 in 368,822. In Turkey Sozak is most common in: Ankara Province, where 26 percent reside, Elazig Province, where 23 percent reside and Malatya Province, where 20 percent reside. Other than Turkey this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 12 percent reside.
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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 Sozak
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