Stelle Surname
Approximately 2,371 people bear this surname
Stelle Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Steel'. The old Danish Staal (v. Yonge); Icel. Stal. Lower says,' A northern pronunciation of stile.' This is quite inadmissible. All early instances are without prefix. Besides, as 'atte style' became Styles, so 'atte steel' would have become Steels.
Read More About This SurnameStelle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 925 | 1:391,847 | 34,400 |
| Brazil | 663 | 1:322,887 | 12,434 |
| Germany | 321 | 1:250,796 | 27,190 |
| Nigeria | 280 | 1:632,653 | 29,888 |
| Argentina | 27 | 1:1,583,089 | 86,049 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Panama | 19 | 1:205,908 | 5,804 |
| Latvia | 18 | 1:113,891 | 16,101 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 497 | 1:101,044 | 10,235 |
Stelle (996) may also be a first name.
Stelle Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Steel'. The old Danish Staal (v. Yonge); Icel. Stal. Lower says,' A northern pronunciation of stile.' This is quite inadmissible. All early instances are without prefix. Besides, as 'atte style' became Styles, so 'atte steel' would have become Steels. It will be noticeable that all my examples are from the East Coast The Scandinavian origin is manifest. Iron and steel are components of many of these early northern personal names; v. Stallard.
Robert Stele, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John Stel, Suffolk, ibid.
Johannes Stele, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Wilmus Steel, 1379: ibid.
Willelmus Stele, 1379: ibid.
1651. Married — John Steele, batchler, and Abigell Hannkok: St. Mary Aldermary.
Of local origin. There are places so named in the shires of Ayr, Berwick, and Dumfries. In Berwickshire the old parish of Steill is now Ladykirk. Henry Stel was juror on inquisition on lands of Hopkelchoc, 1259 (Bain, I, 2162), and William Stele, burgess of Edinburgh, 1423 (Egidii, p. 45). John Steil or Steyll appears as prebendary of Kilmoir, 1434 and 1448 (REB., I, 60; II, 74), and another John Stevll was tenant of part of Cowpergrange, 1486 (Cupar-Angus, I, p. 239). John Steill alios Kempy Steill was hanged for theft, 1524 (Trials, I, p. 126), George Steyll was the king's familiar servitor, 1530 (RMS., III, 957), and Jok Steill appears in the toune of Bowdene, 1567 (Kelso, p. 519). William Steill was piper to one of the two companies of Highland bowmen raised in Argyll, 1627, for service in France. William Steel (1809-1881), noted anti-slavery advocate and one of the organizers of the "underground railroad" (a system of secret co-operation for assisting fugitive slaves to escape to Canada), was born in Biggar, Lanarkshire. Steell 1691, Steile 1453, Stey 1446, Still 1686.
A northern pronunciation of stile. In Scotl. the spur of a hill.
Stelle Demographics
Stelle Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Stelle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stelle Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Stelle (Russian: Стелле) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Stelle? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 179,849th most frequently used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,073,617 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Stelle live; 39 percent live in North America and 39 percent live in Anglo-North America. Stelle is also the 255,009th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 996 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 925 people, or 1 in 391,847. In The United States Stelle is most frequent in: California, where 17 percent reside, Illinois, where 9 percent reside and Texas, where 8 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 38 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 28 percent reside and Germany, where 14 percent reside.
Stelle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Stelle has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Stelle surname increased 186 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Stelle Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Sunni (50%) in Lebanon and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Stelle surname are 14.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.65% registered with the political party.
The amount Stelle earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 36.73% less than the national average, earning R 150,360 per year; in Colombia they earn 21.66% more than the national average, earning $27,619,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.47% more than the national average, earning $44,648 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.98% more than the national average, earning $53,152 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Stelle Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Stelle in the Russian language | ||
| Стелле | stelle | - |
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