Staw Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Norway

Staw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Staw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland481:791,84963,527
United States431:8,429,278367,833
England151:3,714,537119,675
Norway141:367,30634,015
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Staw (39) may also be a first name.

Staw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Staw is more commonly found in Poland than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Staw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Staw is the 1,504,764th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Staw reside; 36 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 35 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,637,361st most common given name in the world. It is borne by 39 people.

The last name Staw is most commonly occurring in Poland, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 791,849. Outside of Poland this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.

Staw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Staw has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Staw last name increased 331 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 375 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Staw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Staw are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Staw earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 49.67% more than the national average, earning 517,966 kr per year and in United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stawe8928/
Stawt8916/
Staaw8911/
Shtaw891/
Staws891/
Stow755,489/
Staf751,208/
Stav751,185/
Stab75792/
Stawowa73570/
Shtaiwe731/
Stabowa731/
Staub6722,131/
Stowe6718,038/
Staab6711,275/
Stapf674,255/
Staib673,305/
Staff672,933/
Staaf671,479/
Stauf67546/
Shtab67368/
Staph67204/
Sztab6767/
Shtaf6758/
Sztaf6743/
Staif6743/
Stafe6742/
Stavø6738/
Staav6738/
Steab6721/
Staft6721/
Stavå6710/
Chtaw6710/
Shtav678/
Stowa677/
Hstab677/
Stova676/
Stouw676/
Steiw672/
Steav672/
Steaf672/
Stows671/
Stajb671/
Stasf671/
Stoow671/
Stavt671/
Stavf671/
Stasv671/
Stabh671/
Sthaf671/
Sthab671/
Stowp671/
Staiv670/
Stowt670/

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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 Staw
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