Stean Surname
Approximately 477 people bear this surname
Stean Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Steane,' a parish in Norfolk.
Stean Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 243 | 1:229,292 | 19,121 |
| United States | 153 | 1:2,369,013 | 146,433 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Iran | 23 | 1:3,338,371 | 97,100 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 95 | 1:256,583 | 18,459 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:374,322 | 10,959 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 184 | 1:272,928 | 22,173 |
Stean (163) may also be a first name.
Stean Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Steane,' a parish in Norfolk.
Syncopated farms of Steven, which see. Found in Fife, the Lothians, Ayrshire and Roxburghshire. Alan Steyn was a monk of Kilwinning Abbey, 1557. John Steyne was burgess freeman of Glasgow in 1575, and James Stein in 1583 (Burgesses). As forename: Steyn Tran in Irvine, 1450 (Irvine, I, 45), and Steyne of Wod, voter in Monkland, 1519 (Simon, 45). Katie Steven or Stein, who lived a solitary life at Laighpark, parish of Kirkoswald, is thought to have been the 'Cutty-sark' heroine of Burns's 'Tam o' Shanter.'
A parish in Northamptonshire.
(Danish and Dutch.) A stone.
Is possibly a shortened form of Stephen.
Possibly from steinn, ‘stone'.
Stean Demographics
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Stean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stean Come From? nationality or country of origin
Stean is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Stean? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 638,206th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 15,277,874 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Stean reside; 53 percent reside in Northern Europe and 53 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 717,791st most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 163 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 243 people, or 1 in 229,292. In England Stean is most common in: Greater London, where 22 percent reside, Essex, where 14 percent reside and Bedfordshire, where 10 percent reside. Apart from England it occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 32 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.
Stean Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Stean has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Stean surname grew 256 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it contracted 17 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Stean Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Stean last name are 0.29% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.94% being registered with the political party.
Stean earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.55% less than the national average, earning $36,009 USD per year.
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