Stefan Forename
886th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,006,637 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Vatican City
Stefan Forename User-submission:
Stefan means 'wreath', from the Greek stephanos (στεφάνι) - a wreath. St. Stephen is the first martyr in the New Testament. He is described as a righteous and virtuous person who refuses to hide his faith, even though it costs him his life.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 484,655 | 1:199 | 44 |
| Romania | 100% | 101,856 | 1:197 | 41 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 53,430 | 1:131 | 11 |
| Austria | 100% | 47,612 | 1:179 | 39 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 41,735 | 1:197 | 34 |
| Poland | 98% | 39,818 | 1:955 | 148 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 32,041 | 1:528 | 106 |
| Sweden | 100% | 31,178 | 1:316 | 53 |
| United States | 100% | 25,587 | 1:14,169 | 1,339 |
| Belgium | 100% | 14,544 | 1:790 | 185 |
| England | 100% | 13,551 | 1:4,103 | 491 |
| Moldova | 100% | 11,328 | 1:314 | 73 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 9,329 | 1:569 | 104 |
| Ukraine | 95% | 7,836 | 1:5,807 | 206 |
| South Africa | 100% | 7,116 | 1:7,663 | 1,381 |
| Canada | 100% | 6,881 | 1:4,815 | 750 |
| Denmark | - | 6,350 | 1:890 | 194 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5,361 | 1:1,988 | 231 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4,278 | 1:16,378 | 2,372 |
| Spain | 100% | 4,031 | 1:11,543 | 822 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Russia | 98% | 3,315 | 1:43,509 | 998 |
| Australia | - | 3,093 | 1:4,416 | 614 |
| Italy | 97% | 3,049 | 1:20,027 | 864 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,850 | 1:75,171 | 4,628 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 2,843 | 1:735 | 157 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,790 | 1:7,455 | 1,183 |
| Angola | 100% | 2,564 | 1:10,517 | 1,213 |
| Finland | 100% | 2,325 | 1:2,358 | 394 |
| Norway | 100% | 2,137 | 1:2,402 | 413 |
| France | 100% | 2,089 | 1:31,819 | 1,189 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2,050 | 1:3,486 | 480 |
| India | 100% | 1,841 | 1:659,901 | 48,913 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,535 | 1:2,955 | 513 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,267 | 1:8,630 | 550 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,166 | 1:26,426 | 3,414 |
| Malta | - | 1,159 | 1:370 | 76 |
| Albania | 100% | 1,016 | 1:2,999 | 629 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 847 | 1:304,562 | 26,377 |
| Portugal | - | 830 | 1:12,543 | 704 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 822 | 1:1,656 | 323 |
| Scotland | 100% | 786 | 1:6,807 | 566 |
| Ghana | - | 618 | 1:43,667 | 2,441 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 570 | 1:4,314 | 569 |
| Wales | 100% | 555 | 1:5,575 | 624 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 519 | 1:20,099 | 1,879 |
| Ireland | 100% | 496 | 1:9,362 | 691 |
| Egypt | 100% | 455 | 1:201,980 | 7,440 |
| Chile | 97% | 441 | 1:39,926 | 1,591 |
| Namibia | - | 405 | 1:5,936 | 835 |
| Kosovo | - | 385 | 1:4,835 | 875 |
| China | - | 368 | 1:3,712,108 | 51,271 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 367 | 1:8,043 | 578 |
| Croatia | 100% | 366 | 1:11,522 | 839 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 330 | 1:93,292 | 2,750 |
| Estonia | 100% | 325 | 1:4,047 | 662 |
| Hungary | 100% | 309 | 1:31,689 | 476 |
| Morocco | - | 300 | 1:114,495 | 3,629 |
| Belarus | 99% | 287 | 1:33,040 | 484 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 278 | 1:12,678 | 1,346 |
| Japan | - | 270 | 1:474,022 | 10,786 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 267 | 1:2,377 | 442 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 245 | 1:2,302 | 341 |
| Mexico | 99% | 239 | 1:519,433 | 5,747 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 232 | 1:131,250 | 8,576 |
| Samoa | - | 228 | 1:856 | 261 |
| Iceland | 100% | 223 | 1:1,641 | 302 |
| Mali | - | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Philippines | 90% | 191 | 1:555,023 | 17,956 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 178 | 1:414,762 | 15,288 |
| Singapore | 100% | 167 | 1:37,647 | 6,522 |
| Suriname | - | 165 | 1:3,350 | 773 |
| Bahrain | - | 163 | 1:8,274 | 1,321 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 161 | 1:235 | 62 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 140 | 1:215,728 | 7,680 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 139 | 1:115,888 | 2,359 |
| Ecuador | - | 126 | 1:140,690 | 2,889 |
| Jamaica | - | 121 | 1:23,828 | 1,821 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 111 | 1:16,605 | 916 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 110 | 1:161,335 | 4,018 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 108 | 1:8,066 | 769 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 101 | 1:70,812 | 6,026 |
| Hong Kong | - | 100 | 1:77,527 | 2,692 |
| Peru | 100% | 90 | 1:353,238 | 7,244 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 80 | 1:192,798 | 11,695 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 76 | 1:110,196 | 3,256 |
| Israel | 99% | 75 | 1:112,039 | 4,614 |
| Guyana | 100% | 70 | 1:10,904 | 1,628 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 61 | 1:78,163 | 2,818 |
| Paraguay | 96% | 61 | 1:118,636 | 2,677 |
| Gibraltar | - | 59 | 1:579 | 126 |
| Nigeria | 80% | 56 | 1:3,170,792 | 54,345 |
| Greenland | - | 51 | 1:1,105 | 240 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 49 | 1:1,077,313 | 20,210 |
| Turkey | 100% | 48 | 1:1,620,869 | 12,777 |
| Botswana | - | 47 | 1:46,478 | 4,592 |
| Argentina | 91% | 46 | 1:929,853 | 5,018 |
| Qatar | 100% | 46 | 1:51,513 | 6,571 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 39 | 1:87,888 | 2,440 |
| Cameroon | 54% | 36 | 1:600,292 | 18,392 |
| Panama | 100% | 36 | 1:108,515 | 5,216 |
| South Korea | - | 35 | 1:158,412 | 6,684 |
| Latvia | - | 33 | 1:61,080 | 1,511 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 33 | 1:165,845 | 1,456 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 32 | 1:1,916 | 431 |
| Guernsey | - | 31 | 1:2,043 | 330 |
| Uganda | 93% | 31 | 1:1,321,191 | 20,529 |
| Brunei | 100% | 29 | 1:14,468 | 942 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Bermuda | - | 26 | 1:2,493 | 518 |
| Seychelles | - | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Iraq | - | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 24 | 1:8,098,237 | 63,928 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 23 | 1:1,033,464 | 39,019 |
| Zambia | - | 23 | 1:689,339 | 13,581 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 21 | 1:2,339 | 473 |
| Vietnam | - | 21 | 1:4,410,624 | 3,539 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 20 | 1:23,782 | 522 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 18 | 1:29,397 | 1,788 |
| Jersey | - | 18 | 1:5,554 | 644 |
| Armenia | 100% | 17 | 1:171,691 | 3,368 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Monaco | 100% | 17 | 1:2,263 | 456 |
| Barbados | - | 16 | 1:18,112 | 1,392 |
| Colombia | 75% | 16 | 1:2,986,183 | 20,922 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 16 | 1:81,112 | 3,259 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Congo | 69% | 15 | 1:333,947 | 6,940 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 14 | 1:429,881 | 7,902 |
| Oman | - | 14 | 1:293,476 | 3,954 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 14 | 1:7,970 | 1,208 |
| Afghanistan | - | 12 | 1:2,718,626 | 20,989 |
| Belize | 100% | 11 | 1:32,210 | 2,977 |
| Bolivia | - | 11 | 1:963,764 | 3,282 |
| Kenya | - | 10 | 1:4,630,711 | 25,538 |
| Tunisia | - | 10 | 1:67,690 | 3,091 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Honduras | - | 9 | 1:979,719 | 11,190 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Azerbaijan | 75% | 8 | 1:1,205,368 | 16,287 |
| Georgia | 50% | 8 | 1:467,308 | 8,891 |
| Grenada | 100% | 7 | 1:15,446 | 1,649 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:15,678 | 1,755 |
| Cambodia | - | 6 | 1:2,712,222 | 28,071 |
| Haiti | - | 6 | 1:1,787,826 | 19,076 |
| Lebanon | - | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Maldives | - | 5 | 1:86,781 | 2,313 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 5 | 1:38,399 | 2,673 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Isle of Man | - | 4 | 1:21,256 | 352 |
| Liberia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,103,015 | 25,024 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 4 | 1:2,038,078 | 115,092 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 4 | 1:44,454 | 3,465 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Bahamas | - | 3 | 1:133,123 | 2,262 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Guinea | - | 3 | 1:3,952,882 | 6,312 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 3 | 1:7,691,978 | 82,363 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Vatican City | - | 1 | 1:123 | 15 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Štefan (141,193), Ştefan (18,090), Stefán (2,680), Stéfan (625), Śtefan (51), Stèfan (4), Stêfan (2) & Šťefan (3) are calculated separately.
Stefan (67,353) may also be a surname.
Stefan Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Stefan means 'wreath', from the Greek stephanos (στεφάνι) - a wreath. St. Stephen is the first martyr in the New Testament. He is described as a righteous and virtuous person who refuses to hide his faith, even though it costs him his life. He was condemned to death by stoning and executed by Saul of Tarsus, who later adopted the Christian faith and became known as the Apostle Paul. Another Stefan became the first Christian king of Hungary and was later proclaimed patron saint of that country.
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Stefan Demographics
Average Stefan Salary in
United States
$45,625 USD
Per year
Rank:
175,005 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00572499
Rank: 1,469 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
104.81%
Sample size: 10,344 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Stefan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Stefan in the Russian language | ||
| Стефан | stefan | - |
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