Staward Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Staward Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Staward Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England501:1,114,36153,243
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Staward (25) may also be a first name.

Staward Last Name Facts

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

Staward occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Staward? popularity and diffusion

The last name Staward is the 2,352,516th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. Staward occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Staward are found; 92 percent are found in Northern Europe and 92 percent are found in British Isles. Staward is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used given name internationally It is held by 25 people.

This last name is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 1,114,361. In England it is most numerous in: Tyne and Wear, where 64 percent live, Hertfordshire, where 22 percent live and Cambridgeshire, where 2 percent live. Barring England this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 17 percent live and Liberia, where 3 percent live.

Staward Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Staward has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Staward last name expanded 263 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 157 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Staward
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