Stella Surname

10,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51,111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Stella Surname Definition:

Bapt 'the son of Stella.' (2) Local, 'of Stella,' a township in the parish of Ryton, County Durham.

Stella de Thomholme, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Stella Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy24,3241:2,514191
United States5,7651:62,8727,365
Nigeria2,9091:60,8954,526
Argentina2,9031:14,7241,308
Chad2,8891:4,705737
Brazil2,1151:101,2173,808
France1,3831:48,0286,217
Ghana1,0391:26,0063,108
Cameroon9711:21,3892,911
India9001:852,29537,564
Australia7271:37,1334,873
Indonesia4081:324,14028,421
Canada3451:106,79911,489
Greece2781:39,8556,405
Kenya2781:166,11512,822
Morocco2041:169,00029,345
Philippines1991:508,73559,367
Venezuela1981:152,5464,663
Switzerland1911:43,0005,974
Malaysia1811:162,9529,997
England1781:313,02323,520
Belgium1681:68,43210,932
Austria1461:58,3259,115
Spain1361:343,76519,825
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Uruguay1311:26,1973,047
Germany1291:624,07349,483
Poland1241:306,52236,280
DR Congo1231:600,64745,387
New Zealand1091:41,5446,955
Singapore1031:53,4732,131
Uganda1011:386,52824,497
Colombia951:502,8857,063
South Africa941:576,35944,560
Suriname831:6,6581,580
Thailand711:994,906151,495
Croatia691:61,28411,351
Papua New Guinea691:118,17016,048
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Puerto Rico661:53,7901,180
Hungary651:151,02013,594
China531:25,798,5201,406
Botswana501:43,7398,388
Peru501:635,68215,717
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Netherlands361:469,08846,010
Solomon Islands311:18,7113,619
Czechia281:379,76744,481
Luxembourg231:25,2414,722
Chile181:978,69319,774
Paraguay171:425,6915,975
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Ireland151:313,92910,911
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Ecuador131:1,223,52716,126
Norway121:428,52437,411
Wales121:257,87814,969
Hong Kong111:666,8623,581
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Pakistan91:19,849,32172,658
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Iceland61:63,3484,218
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Burundi41:2,451,2131,279
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Malta41:107,5681,849
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Albania31:971,35222,477
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Monaco31:12,3552,088
San Marino31:11,071699
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Macau11:601,6301,582
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Show All Nations
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States991:507,25935,553

The alternate forms: Štella (13) are calculated separately.

Stella (1,173,050) may also be a first name.

Stella Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Bapt 'the son of Stella.' (2) Local, 'of Stella,' a township in the parish of Ryton, County Durham.

Stella de Thomholme, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Stella (Durh.) anciently Stellinglei, apparently repr. an Anglo-Saxon *Ste(a)llinga-leáh = the Lea of the Ste(a)ll- Family [-inga, genit. pl. of the son suff. -ing]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Italian, English) Dweller at the sign of the star; descendant of Stella (child of fate); descendant of Stella, a pet form of Battisstella; one who came from Stella (pasture with a cattle shed), in Durham.

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

Ingrie and Domingo de Stella, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); John Stel and Isabel his mother, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

— The Norman People (1874)
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Stella Demographics

Average Stella Salary in
United States

$46,957 USD

Per year
Rank:
509,833 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00152787
Rank: 7,562 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
108.82%
Sample size: 2,775 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Stella Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stella (Arabic: ستلا, Bengali: স্টেলা, Georgian: სტელლა, Hindi: स्टेल्ला, Marathi: टेला) is found most frequently in Italy. It may appear as: Štella. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Stella? popularity and diffusion

The last name Stella is the 10,983rd most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 142,583 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Stella live; 48 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 48 percent live in Italic Europe. Stella is also the 711th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, held by 1,173,050 people.

Stella is most common in Italy, where it is borne by 24,324 people, or 1 in 2,514. In Italy it is most prevalent in: Veneto, where 16 percent live, Lazio, where 13 percent live and Lombardy, where 12 percent live. Not including Italy this surname exists in 127 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.

Stella Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Stella has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stella surname expanded 5,823 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 4,450 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stella Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya, Christian (98%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Stella surname are 0.17% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.4% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Stella earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 5.41% more than the national average, earning €31,656 per year; in Norway they earn 55.39% more than the national average, earning 537,758 kr per year; in Peru they earn 29.48% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,099 per year; in South Africa they earn 194.36% more than the national average, earning R 699,504 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.09% less than the national average, earning $22,228,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.83% more than the national average, earning $46,957 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.61% less than the national average, earning $49,378 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Štella9413/
Stellah92654/
Stellas92433/
Stellai929/
Stellat927/
Sttella926/
Stellaa925/
Steella922/
Sstella921/
Stellia921/
Stlla914/
Sttellas863/
Sttellaa861/
Stellats861/
Stellahs861/
Stellaaj861/
Shtellya861/
Stelly834,924/
Stelle832,371/
Stello831,036/
Stilla83678/
Stelli83214/
Stylla8330/
Shtlla831/
Stllah831/
Stla802/
Steller775,470/
Shtylla771,032/
Stellet77427/
Stelloh77308/
Stelley77248/
Stellos77145/
Styllas77135/
Stelloo77129/
Shtelle77108/
Stellou7796/
Stellio7740/
Sztelle7731/
Stellie7714/
Shtelli7714/
Steelle776/
Stillas775/
Stellis774/
Stelles773/
Stielli772/
Stillia772/
Stellez772/
Sztello771/
Sttelli771/
Stoelle771/
Stoello771/
Stoelly771/
Stielle771/
Staelle771/
Steelly770/
Stelled770/
Stelleh770/
Steully770/
Stlas733/
Stlau732/
Stllo731/
Stlha731/
Ztlla731/
Stlle730/
Stellios71159/
Stellish7138/
Shteller7113/
Sttellet7112/
Schtelle716/
Stteller713/
Shtyllaj712/
Stelloch711/
Stellous711/
Shtyllai711/
Stillaus710/
Stuelley710/
Steelley710/
Stellloh710/
Stille674,111/
Stillo671,408/
Stilli67290/
Stylli67242/
Stellisch6738/
Štilla6720/
Stylle6718/
Stilly6717/
Stölle679/
Stlles673/
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Stella Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stella in the Georgian language
სტელლაstella-
Stella in the Bengali language
স্টেলাstela-
Stella in the Marathi language
टेलाtela87.38
तेलाtela4.37
टेलtela3.88
टेललाtelala0.97
टेलनtelana0.49
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Stella in the Hindi language
स्टेल्लाstella36.67
स्टेलाstela26.67
स्टैलाstaila23.33
स्तेल्लाstella6.67
स्ट्रेलाstrela3.33
स्ट्रेलोstrelo3.33
Stella in the Arabic language
ستلاstla-
ستيلاstyla-

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