A method for manufacturing a plurality of surface mounted optoelectronic devices and a surface mounted optoelectronic device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a surface mounted optoelectronic device includes a transparent base body having a mounting rear side, a radiation exit side opposite the mounting rear side, and mounting side surfaces which are each disposed transversely to the radiation exit side, a semiconductor layer sequence disposed laterally to at least one mounting side surface and a terminal contact extending from the at least one mounting side surface to the mounting rear side, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence includes an active region configured to emit radiation so that the radiation decouples from the surface mounted optoelectronic device via the radiation exit side of the base body.