Stelle Surname

179,849th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,371 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

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.

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Stelle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9251:391,84734,400
Brazil6631:322,88712,434
Germany3211:250,79627,190
Nigeria2801:632,65329,888
Argentina271:1,583,08986,049
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
England201:2,785,90397,972
Panama191:205,9085,804
Latvia181:113,89116,101
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Chad91:1,510,2445,402
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
France11:66,422,722504,397
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland41:935,80421,348
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4971:101,04410,235

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.

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

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.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

A northern pronunciation of stile. In Scotl. the spur of a hill.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Steller925,470/
Stellet92427/
Stelley92248/
Shtelle92108/
Sztelle9231/
Stellie9214/
Steelle926/
Stelles923/
Stellez922/
Stoelle921/
Stielle921/
Staelle921/
Sthelle921/
Stelled920/
Stelleh920/
Stele91979/
Stlle910/
Shteller8613/
Sttellet8612/
Schtelle866/
Stteller863/
Stuelley860/
Steelley860/
Steele83167,680/
Stella8351,111/
Stelly834,924/
Stille834,111/
Shtele83545/
Stelli83214/
Steill83145/
Steile8357/
Sthele8348/
Steale8321/
Steall8318/
Stylle8318/
Stölle839/
Sttele833/
Stlles833/
Sztele831/
Stesle830/
Stle802/
Stiller7720,050/
Stilley772,443/
Stillie77434/
Stöller7788/
Šteller7773/
Stellio7740/
Steahle7726/
Stilles7719/
Shtelli7714/
Shteyle7713/
Stüller7710/
Stellai779/
Sttella776/
Stellaa775/
Steihle775/
Stellis774/
Stehele773/
Steella772/
Stielli772/
Steisle772/
Jsteele771/
Steehle771/
Steeleh771/
Stellia771/
Stteele771/
Stoelly771/
Østhell771/
Ställer771/
Stîller771/
Sstella771/
Sttelli771/
Staille771/
Stoylle770/
Steelly770/
Stillep770/
Steully770/
Steil736,009/
Steyl732,107/
Stile731,701/
Støle73650/
Steul73181/
Sthel73142/
Steal7372/
Stler7312/
Ståle739/
Stles738/
Sthle735/
Stlla734/
Stleh732/
Stley732/
Sttle732/
Stetl732/
Ştele731/
Stäle731/
Stèle731/
Stellish7138/
Sztyller7138/
Shtiller7136/
Shtyller7119/
Sztiller7114/
Stilleth713/
Stillett712/
D'Steele712/
Stichell711/
Stechell711/
Shtellya711/
Steggill711/
Stellaaj711/
Sttellaa711/
Stessell711/
Schtller711/
Stillets710/
Stähle671,847/
Stilla67678/
Ståhle67605/
Stoyle67508/
Sthill67453/
Stilli67290/
Stylli67242/
Stesel67112/
Stihle67110/
Stehel67109/
Steuhl6788/
Støyle6746/
Stayle6745/
Steijl6742/
Stellisch6738/
Stylla6730/
Støhle6726/
Steahl6723/
Steihl6720/
Sthler6717/
Stilly6717/
Staile6715/
Štella6713/
Staill6712/
Ståler679/
Shtile677/
Sthiel675/
Stecel675/
Støles675/
Stoile674/
Shteyl673/
Stetel673/
Shtler672/
Sttler672/
Steild672/
Stecil672/
Shtlla671/
Steasl671/
Stisle671/
Sthåle671/
Stißel671/
Sthile671/
Stitel671/
Steelh671/
Sthyll671/
Stoyll670/
Sthley670/
Stheel670/
Stheal670/
Stheil670/

Stelle Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stelle in the Russian language
Стеллеstelle-

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