Sökmen Surname
Approximately 10,808 people bear this surname
Sökmen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 10,706 | 1:7,269 | 998 |
| Germany | 65 | 1:1,238,546 | 79,660 |
| Northern Cyprus | 24 | 1:13,292 | 3,416 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Sokmen (104) are calculated separately.
Sökmen (11) may also be a first name.
Sökmen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sökmen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sökmen is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Sokmen. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sökmen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 47,799th most numerous surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 674,273 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Sökmen are found; 90 percent are found in West Asia and 90 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Sökmen is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 11 people.
The last name is most widely held in Turkey, where it is carried by 10,706 people, or 1 in 7,269. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Agri Province, where 13 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 13 percent live and Hatay Province, where 10 percent live. Apart from Turkey it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent live and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sokmen | 94 | 104 | / |
| Sekmen | 83 | 9,398 | / |
| Çökmen | 83 | 93 | / |
| Sakmen | 83 | 70 | / |
| Cökmen | 83 | 25 | / |
| Shekmen | 77 | 7 | / |
| Sackmen | 77 | 2 | / |
| Seckmen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shakmeen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Çekmen | 67 | 880 | / |
| Sakmin | 67 | 62 | / |
| Zekmen | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sacmen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cöcmen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sekmin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Socmen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schackmen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sakhmin | 62 | 3 | / |
| Sakhmyn | 62 | 1 | / |
| Shakmin | 62 | 1 | / |
| Shakhmin | 57 | 265 | / |
| Shakhmyn | 57 | 20 | / |
| Schackminn | 50 | 6 | / |
| Zakmin | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Sökmen
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