Sökmez Surname

660,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 455 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Sökmez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sökmez 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
Turkey4081:190,73914,207
Northern Cyprus441:7,2501,694
Germany31:26,835,153452,368

The alternate forms: Sokmez (1) are calculated separately.

Sökmez Last Name Facts

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

Sökmez occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Sokmez. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sökmez? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sökmez is the 660,498th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 16,016,584 people. Sökmez is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Sökmez live; 80 percent live in West Asia and 80 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 408 people, or 1 in 190,739. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent are found, Hatay Province, where 17 percent are found and Agri Province, where 13 percent are found. Not including Turkey Sökmez exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 10 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

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
Sokmez941/
Çökmez831,221/
Sekmez83150/
Cökmez833/
Sekme73195/
Sakme7375/
Sokme7318/
Çekmez671,467/
Sekmeç67156/
Shakme679/
Sackme672/
Shekme671/
Saekme671/
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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 Sökmez
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