Sönmezay Surname
Approximately 457 people bear this surname
Sönmezay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 419 | 1:185,731 | 13,912 |
| Northern Cyprus | 35 | 1:9,115 | 2,267 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
The alternate forms: Sonmezay (4) are calculated separately.
Sönmezay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sönmezay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sönmezay is most common in Turkey. It can be rendered as a variant: Sonmezay. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sönmezay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 658,434th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 15,946,490 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 74 percent of Sönmezay reside; 74 percent reside in West Asia and 74 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is held by 419 people, or 1 in 185,731. In Turkey Sönmezay is mostly found in: Bursa Province, where 40 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 20 percent are found and Kocaeli Province, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Turkey Sönmezay exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 8 percent are found and Austria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonmezay | 96 | 4 | / |
| Sönmez | 86 | 122,751 | / |
| Sönmezsoy | 82 | 1,472 | / |
| Syonmezay | 82 | 11 | / |
| Söyünmez | 75 | 303 | / |
| Sinameza | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sönmeziç | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sünmez | 71 | 1,314 | / |
| Sonmez | 71 | 1,257 | / |
| Sinmez | 71 | 510 | / |
| Sanmza | 71 | 35 | / |
| Senmez | 71 | 17 | / |
| Sønmez | 71 | 15 | / |
| Sunmez | 71 | 10 | / |
| Sönmaz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Synmez | 71 | 1 | / |
| Syonmez | 67 | 109 | / |
| Soenmez | 67 | 29 | / |
| Syunmez | 67 | 8 | / |
| Snmezer | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sanomez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saenmez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sinemez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Senmesat | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sınmazsoy | 59 | 9 | / |
| Sinmisaye | 59 | 4 | / |
| Sinmisat | 50 | 35 | / |
| Chinmeze | 50 | 11 | / |
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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
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- 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 Sönmezay
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