Asteriou Surname

437,968th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 783 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Asteriou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asteriou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece7171:15,4532,142
United States481:7,551,228341,161
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
England31:18,572,686338,250
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Asteriou Last Name Facts

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

Asteriou occurs most in Greece. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Asteriou? popularity and diffusion

The surname Asteriou is the 437,968th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 9,307,211 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Asteriou live; 92 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 92 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Greece, where it is carried by 717 people, or 1 in 15,453. In Greece Asteriou is most common in: Central Macedonia, where 44 percent are found, Attica, where 20 percent are found and East Macedonia and Thrace, where 13 percent are found. Other than Greece this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Austria, where 1 percent are found.

Asteriou Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Asteriou last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Asteriou earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 71.2% more than the national average, earning R 406,848 per year and in United States they earn 34.99% more than the national average, earning $58,245 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Asteriu933/
Asterius8830/
Ashteriu881/
Auterioux824/
Ateriau801/
Osterhioudt741/
Osterehout671/
Atheriault671/
Astirahayu563/
Hastirahayu531/

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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
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  • 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 Asteriou
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