Sözen Surname
Approximately 14,646 people bear this surname
Sözen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 14,461 | 1:5,381 | 771 |
| Germany | 124 | 1:649,238 | 50,829 |
| Northern Cyprus | 15 | 1:21,267 | 5,310 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
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 is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Sozen. For other potential spellings of Sözen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sözen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sözen is the 36,040th most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 497,579 people. It 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 frequently used forename at a global level, borne by 48 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 14,461 people, or 1 in 5,381. In Turkey Sözen is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 24 percent are found, Samsun Province, where 10 percent are found and Ankara Province, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Turkey this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sozen | 93 | 382 | / |
| Sözgen | 91 | 963 | / |
| Sötzen | 91 | 14 | / |
| Sezen | 80 | 18,268 | / |
| Sözan | 80 | 236 | / |
| Çözen | 80 | 86 | / |
| Sazen | 80 | 69 | / |
| Sözün | 80 | 21 | / |
| Sösen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shozen | 73 | 200 | / |
| Çözgen | 73 | 187 | / |
| Sotzen | 73 | 77 | / |
| Setzen | 73 | 71 | / |
| Siezen | 73 | 64 | / |
| Seezen | 73 | 24 | / |
| Sazeen | 73 | 21 | / |
| Sezsen | 73 | 15 | / |
| Sazehn | 73 | 12 | / |
| Shazen | 73 | 9 | / |
| Shezen | 73 | 7 | / |
| Soezen | 73 | 6 | / |
| Suizen | 73 | 3 | / |
| Satzen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sezzen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sozien | 73 | 0 | / |
| Shazeen | 67 | 98 | / |
| Sietzen | 67 | 63 | / |
| Seetzen | 67 | 62 | / |
| Shatzen | 67 | 57 | / |
| Saatzen | 67 | 39 | / |
| Siezien | 67 | 37 | / |
| Sazn | 67 | 13 | / |
| Shetzen | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sjöåsen | 67 | 7 | / |
| Shezeen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shahzen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shehzen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shezien | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shoczen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zezn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sesn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shazien | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sjözing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soetzen | 67 | 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 Sözen
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