Sós Surname

107,307th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,349 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Sós Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sós 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
Hungary4,3191:2,273254
Slovakia241:222,35235,659
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
England21:27,859,030389,889
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Sos (21,453), Sóš (2), Šos (73), Šóš (22), Soš (1), Şos (1), Šoš (538) & Şoş (8) are calculated separately.

Sós Last Name Facts

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

Sós is found most in Hungary. It may occur in the variant forms: Sos, Sóš, Šos, Šóš, Soš, Şos, Šoš or Şoş. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sós.

How Common Is The Last Name Sós? popularity and diffusion

Sós is the 107,307th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,675,683 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sós live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Hungary, where it is held by 4,319 people, or 1 in 2,273. In Hungary it is most prevalent in: Pest County, where 17 percent live, Budapest, where 12 percent live and Hajdú-Bihar County, where 11 percent live. Not including Hungary this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 1 percent live and Romania, where 0 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
Sos8921,453/
Sóš892/
Sóss8615/
Sóós863/
Šos7873/
Šóš7822/
Soš781/
Şos781/
Sas6736,226/
Sus676,960/
Süs67858/
Šoš67538/
Sás67247/
Schósz6718/
Sósová6715/
Şoş678/
Sàs671/
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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 Sós
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