Stahlknecht Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Stahlknecht Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stahlknecht Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany351:2,300,156119,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Stahlknecht Last Name Facts

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

Stahlknecht is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stahlknecht? popularity and diffusion

Stahlknecht is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Stahlknecht are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 2,300,156. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 43 percent live, Bremen, where 34 percent live and Hamburg, where 20 percent live. Beside Germany this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent live and Sweden, where 5 percent live.

Stahlknecht Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Stahlknecht has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Stahlknecht last name fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stalknecht95188/
Stallknecht91421/
Stalknech901/
Stalleknecht871/
Stallknech862/
Stalkneght861/
Stallkneckt821/
Stalknegt8011/
Stalkner747/
Stolkner6310/

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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 Stahlknecht
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