Esteban Surname

3,525th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158,929 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Esteban Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Esteban Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain47,3761:98797
Philippines37,0131:2,735195
Mexico33,3531:3,722504
Peru11,1901:2,840474
Guatemala6,5111:2,470401
Argentina5,4721:7,811773
Colombia4,3501:10,9831,120
United States3,9341:92,13510,356
France2,2271:29,8263,646
Saudi Arabia9541:32,3444,580
Dominican Republic8631:12,089938
Venezuela8551:35,3262,027
Nicaragua6281:9,588704
Chile5711:30,8521,684
Bolivia5511:19,2681,636
Cuba3571:32,2771,610
Honduras3151:27,989959
El Salvador2661:23,849995
Canada2281:161,60316,308
Uruguay1881:18,2542,067
Ecuador1731:91,9415,993
England1691:329,69324,334
Singapore1501:36,7181,328
Brazil1011:2,119,54866,584
Australia921:293,43225,879
Germany921:875,05962,702
Switzerland761:108,06511,329
Belgium711:161,92522,307
Costa Rica691:69,2761,373
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Panama651:60,1892,750
Puerto Rico491:72,4521,375
Thailand481:1,471,632200,579
Malaysia431:685,91232,468
Russia351:4,117,802198,221
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
Netherlands321:527,72448,879
Israel301:285,25425,178
Equatorial Guinea251:45,427166
Italy231:2,658,98696,069
Lebanon231:245,0919,209
Guam211:7,6251,143
United Arab Emirates191:482,22523,275
Wales161:193,40812,484
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Andorra121:6,9861,135
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Iran111:6,980,229145,986
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Cayman Islands91:7,099820
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
Belize71:50,7822,565
Jordan71:1,263,20516,935
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
China51:273,464,31313,838
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Angola21:13,494,60711,780
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Macau11:601,6301,582
Malta11:430,2723,380
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934

The alternate forms: Estéban (6), Estebán (1), Èsteban (1) & Estébań (1) are calculated separately.

Esteban (580,480) may also be a first name.

Esteban Last Name Facts

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

The last name Esteban (Arabic: أستبان, Russian: Эстебан) is carried by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Estéban, Estebán, Èsteban or Estébań. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Esteban? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,525th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 45,854 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Esteban are found; 30 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 30 percent are found in Iberian Europe. Esteban is also the 1,723rd most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 580,480 people.

The last name is most common in Spain, where it is borne by 47,376 people, or 1 in 987. In Spain Esteban is most numerous in: Madrid, where 25 percent are found, Castile and León, where 14 percent are found and Catalonia, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Spain this surname exists in 107 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 23 percent are found and Mexico, where 21 percent are found.

Esteban Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Armenian Apostolic (55%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Esteban last name are 41.47% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.7% registered with the political party.

The amount Esteban earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 12.16% less than the national average, earning €26,377 per year; in Peru they earn 24.34% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,666 per year; in South Africa they earn 36.53% less than the national average, earning R 150,840 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.53% less than the national average, earning $22,127,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.38% less than the national average, earning $41,257 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.95% less than the national average, earning $49,210 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Esteban Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Esteban in the Russian language
Эстебанesteban-
Esteban in the Arabic language
أستبانastban-
استبانastban-
استيبانastyban-

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