Steau Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Steau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Steau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1141:176,12218,089
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
France31:22,140,907385,998
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Steau Last Name Facts

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

Steau is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Steau.

How Common Is The Last Name Steau? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,612,213th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Steau are found; 91 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 91 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Romania, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 176,122. In Romania Steau is most numerous in: Alba County, where 66 percent are found, Hunedoara County, where 32 percent are found and Cluj County, where 1 percent are found. Other than Romania it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 4 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stieau9123/
Stea891,558/
Steha80124/
Steaj8090/
Steah809/
Steiu804/
Shtea802/
Sthea801/
Steay800/
Steea800/
Sticea73328/
Steyia7380/
Stehay7349/
Stieha7349/
Steyou7336/
Steayi739/
Steeha735/
Stieas734/
Shteha734/
Shteyu732/
Stitea732/
Steiue731/
Stehap731/
Stheju731/
Steaye731/
Steiya731/
Shtehu731/
Stieea731/
Steout731/
Stoiea731/
Stehus730/
Steous730/
Steoup730/
Stoicea67569/
Stia67355/
Stya67146/
Stiu678/
Stagiou672/
Shhteah671/
Stehaye671/
Ztea671/
Styu671/
Stja671/
Steoues670/

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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 Steau
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