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

Sözen has its highest incidence in Turkey. It can appear in the variant forms: Sozen. Click here for other possible spellings of Sözen.

How Common Is The Last Name Sözen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 36,040th most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 497,579 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Sözen are found; 82 percent are found in West Asia and 82 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Sözen is also the 1,448,253rd most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 48 people.

Sözen is most common in Turkey, where it is carried by 14,461 people, or 1 in 5,381. In Turkey Sözen is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 24 percent live, Samsun Province, where 10 percent live and Ankara Province, where 9 percent live. Outside of Turkey this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent live and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live.

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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