Steffens Surname

15,144th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,776 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Steffens Surname Definition:

(English) Descendant of Steffen, a variant of Stephen (crown or garland).

Steffens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany21,8561:3,683403
United States7,0281:51,5746,215
Brazil3,8231:55,9962,120
Netherlands1,0861:15,5502,354
South Africa7051:76,8489,543
Belgium3751:30,6584,959
Australia3541:76,2598,927
Denmark2221:25,4272,588
Canada1811:203,56719,858
Chile1311:134,4774,748
Argentina1251:341,94726,875
Colombia1091:438,2946,639
New Zealand931:48,6927,903
England901:619,09036,665
Norway831:61,9558,821
France811:820,03498,127
Paraguay581:124,7712,739
Switzerland531:154,96114,619
Sweden481:205,14114,201
Spain391:1,198,77041,125
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Luxembourg201:29,0275,175
Austria161:532,21549,801
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
Liechtenstein91:4,264487
Qatar91:262,00030,726
China71:195,331,65210,124
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Puerto Rico41:887,5354,548
Wales41:773,63329,106
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7641:65,7317,156

Steffens (28) may also be a first name.

Steffens Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Descendant of Steffen, a variant of Stephen (crown or garland).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Steffens Last Name Facts

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

Steffens (Russian: Стеффенс) is found most frequently in Germany. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Steffens? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 15,144th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 198,160 people. The last name Steffens occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Steffens are found; 64 percent are found in Western Europe and 63 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Steffens is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 28 people.

The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 21,856 people, or 1 in 3,683. In Germany Steffens is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 39 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 20 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany it is found in 65 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent reside and Brazil, where 10 percent reside.

Steffens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Steffens has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Steffens surname grew 920 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 375 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Steffens Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Steffens surname are 23.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 70.59% being registered with the party.

The amount Steffens earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.47% more than the national average, earning 396,150 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 105.23% more than the national average, earning R 487,716 per year; in Colombia they earn 6.05% more than the national average, earning $24,075,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.43% more than the national average, earning $45,062 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.57% less than the national average, earning $48,904 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Steffens Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Steffens in the Russian language
Стеффенсsteffens-

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