Öss Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Öss Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Öss Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary121:818,02342,199
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Oss (4,083), Őss (48), Óss (1), Ošs (5) & Osš (1) are calculated separately.

Öss Last Name Facts

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

Öss occurs most in Hungary. It may appear as a variant: Oss, Őss, Óss, Ošs or Osš. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Öss? popularity and diffusion

The surname Öss is the 5,391,485th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Öss occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Öss live; 92 percent live in Eastern Europe and 92 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Hungary, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 818,023. In Hungary it is most frequent in: Baranya County, where 83 percent are found and Somogy County, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Hungary it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oss894,083/
Őss8948/
Óss891/
Höss861,193/
Össi861/
Ös80447/
Ošs785/
Osš781/
Ess676,904/
Ass673,489/
Uss673,292/
Iss672,714/
Öst671,487/
Öse671,188/
Yss6769/
Hös6747/
Ösz6726/
Ösi6711/
Öhs676/
Åss673/
Öws673/
Ösa671/
Ösy671/
Özs671/
Äss671/

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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 Öss
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