Sözen Surname

36,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,646 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Sözen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sözen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey14,4611:5,381771
Germany1241:649,23850,829
Northern Cyprus151:21,2675,310
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Austria121:709,62061,025
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: Sozen (382) are calculated separately.

Sözen (48) may also be a first name.

Sözen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sözen occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Sozen. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sözen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 36,040th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 497,579 people. The last name Sözen occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Sözen live; 82 percent live in West Asia and 82 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 48 people.

The last name Sözen is most widely held in Turkey, where it is borne by 14,461 people, or 1 in 5,381. In Turkey it is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 24 percent reside, Samsun Province, where 10 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 9 percent reside. Beside Turkey it occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent reside and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sozen93382/
Sözgen91963/
Sötzen9114/
Sezen8018,268/
Sözan80236/
Çözen8086/
Sazen8069/
Sözün8021/
Sösen801/
Shozen73200/
Çözgen73187/
Sotzen7377/
Setzen7371/
Siezen7364/
Seezen7324/
Sazeen7321/
Sezsen7315/
Sazehn7312/
Shazen739/
Shezen737/
Soezen736/
Suizen733/
Satzen731/
Sezzen731/
Sozien730/
Shazeen6798/
Sietzen6763/
Seetzen6762/
Shatzen6757/
Saatzen6739/
Siezien6737/
Sazn6713/
Shetzen678/
Sjöåsen677/
Shezeen673/
Shahzen671/
Shehzen671/
Shezien671/
Shoczen671/
Zezn671/
Sesn671/
Shazien671/
Sjözing671/
Soetzen671/

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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 Sözen
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