Szöcs Surname

629,292nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 486 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Szöcs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Szöcs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1841:109,11912,269
Slovakia1271:42,0197,884
Hungary591:166,37814,685
Czechia431:247,29033,576
Sweden291:339,54323,803
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
Austria51:1,703,08789,702
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Szőcs (3,975) & Szõcs (2) are calculated separately.

Szöcs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Szöcs is found in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Szőcs or Szõcs. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Szöcs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Szöcs is the 629,292nd most commonly held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 14,994,950 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Szöcs are found; 85 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 38 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

Szöcs is most numerous in Romania, where it is held by 184 people, or 1 in 109,119. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Mureș County, where 63 percent reside, Alba County, where 15 percent reside and Bihor County, where 15 percent reside. Beside Romania this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 26 percent reside and Hungary, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Szőcs933,975/
Szõcs932/
Szökőcs8345/
Szöts8062/
Szöks8014/
Szöcz802/
Szecs802/
Szécs801/
Szöcsová77282/
Szeőcs7358/
Szoecs7318/
Szöcze732/
Zöch67163/
Zöks671/

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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 Szöcs
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