Steffers Surname

893,754th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 300 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Steffers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Steffers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1951:86,60114,364
United States611:5,941,950288,805
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Steffers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Steffers is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Steffers? popularity and diffusion

It is the 893,754th most widespread last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 24,291,820 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Steffers reside; 74 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 195 people, or 1 in 86,601. In The Netherlands Steffers is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 22 percent reside, North Holland, where 19 percent reside and Utrecht, where 17 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Germany, where 9 percent reside.

Steffers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Steffers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Steffers surname expanded 555 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Steffers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Steffers surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.43% registered with the party.

The amount Steffers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 46.6% more than the national average, earning R 348,372 per year and in United States they earn 7.74% less than the national average, earning $39,811 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Steaffers943/
Stefers9317/
Stoffers883,826/
Staffers8811/
Stöffers882/
Steifers881/
Stiffers880/
Stöffgers821/
Stehferst820/
Stefors8029/
Stifers803/
Stofers801/
Stafers800/
Stephers757/
Staffors752/
Stoffars750/
Stepherse710/
Stifors6726/
Stofars670/
Stavfors637/
Stophers630/

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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 Steffers
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