Söker Surname
Approximately 2,959 people bear this surname
Söker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2,711 | 1:28,706 | 3,207 |
| Germany | 192 | 1:419,299 | 38,092 |
| Northern Cyprus | 38 | 1:8,395 | 2,026 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Soker (2,933) are calculated separately.
Söker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Söker Come From? nationality or country of origin
Söker is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Soker. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Söker? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 149,316th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,462,841 people. The surname Söker is predominantly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Söker reside; 82 percent reside in West Asia and 82 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname Söker is most common in Turkey, where it is held by 2,711 people, or 1 in 28,706. In Turkey Söker is most common in: Hatay Province, where 15 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 14 percent are found and Diyarbakir Province, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Turkey this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 6 percent are found and Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Söker
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