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.

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Szöcs Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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
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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 borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Szőcs or Szõcs. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Szöcs? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 629,292nd most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,994,950 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Szöcs live; 85 percent live in Eastern Europe and 38 percent live in Romanian Europe.

It is most widespread in Romania, where it is carried by 184 people, or 1 in 109,119. In Romania Szöcs is most prevalent in: Mureș County, where 63 percent live, Alba County, where 15 percent live and Bihor County, where 15 percent live. Apart from Romania it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 26 percent live and Hungary, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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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