Öz Surname

5,354th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105,858 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Öz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Öz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey104,9001:74287
Germany3981:202,27523,169
Austria1821:46,7887,470
Northern Cyprus1371:2,329301
Sweden1111:88,7106,513
Netherlands341:496,68247,398
Belgium321:359,27039,406
Finland161:343,54424,270
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England31:18,572,686338,250
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
France11:66,422,722504,397
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

The alternate forms: Oz (5,408), Őz (292), Óz (4), Ôz (1) & Òz (1) are calculated separately.

Öz (73) may also be a first name.

Öz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Öz occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Oz, Őz, Óz, Ôz or Òz. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Öz? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,354th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 68,843 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Öz live; 86 percent live in West Asia and 86 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,134,117th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 73 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 104,900 people, or 1 in 742. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 16 percent reside, Antalya Province, where 6 percent reside and Konya Province, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Turkey this surname is found in 27 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 0 percent reside and Austria, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oz835,408/
Őz83292/
Óz834/
Ôz831/
Òz831/
Özü80561/
Özo8056/
Öze8033/
Ösz8026/
Özi8012/
Özs801/
Ötz801/
Özay6716,163/
Özey67727/
Ayöz67467/
Özoy67254/
Özse6728/
Hötz6725/
Ösze6723/
Hösz679/
Özeh671/

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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 Öz
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