Shterkel Surname

851,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 321 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Kazakhstan

Shterkel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shterkel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia2351:613,29053,852
Kazakhstan701:252,60722,189
Ukraine91:5,058,077228,455
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197

Shterkel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shterkel (Russian: Штеркель) is held by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Shterkel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shterkel? popularity and diffusion

Shterkel is the 851,613th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,702,635 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 58 percent of Shterkel are found; 42 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 42 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Shterkel is most frequently occurring in Russia, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 613,290. In Russia Shterkel is most common in: Irkutsk Oblast, where 15 percent are found, Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 9 percent are found and Republic of Karelia, where 9 percent are found. Beside Russia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 22 percent are found and Ukraine, where 3 percent are found.

Shterkel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Shterkel surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schterkel941/
Sterkel931,809/
Stoerkel88297/
Staerkel88178/
Sterckel8822/
Sterkell881/
Sterkl86153/
Stoerckel8248/
Staerkell821/
Starkel80573/
Störkel80238/
Storkel80183/
Stercel8054/
Stärkel8050/
Strekel8026/
Šterkel801/
Streckel75229/
Starkell75126/
Sterquel7541/
Storckel7533/
Stercell751/
Starkiel751/
Starkl71735/
Stercl7144/
Stärkl7130/
Sterquell7126/
Storkl711/
Štercel679/
Strekil676/
Štarkel675/
Storckl671/
Stirkill638/
Storkåll633/
Sterclova593/
Štercl57143/
Štarkl5760/
Štrekl573/
Störchel507/

Shterkel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shterkel in the Russian language
Штеркельsterkel-

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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 Shterkel
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