Stelling Surname

81,420th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,966 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Stelling Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Stelling (Stealla’s people), in Kent.

Stelling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,4801:32,4624,285
United States1,7711:204,66320,084
England5461:102,04810,733
Netherlands4871:34,6765,810
Australia1071:252,29623,217
Venezuela901:335,6017,420
Thailand871:811,935130,701
Brazil761:2,816,76883,410
Canada711:518,95243,932
South Africa651:833,50355,653
Denmark291:194,64516,083
Switzerland291:283,20422,806
Sweden281:351,67024,678
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Austria171:500,90847,931
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Wales51:618,90625,852
Cayman Islands51:12,7791,374
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2251:108,33510,701
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2191:229,30919,344

Stelling (16) may also be a first name.

Stelling Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Stelling (Stealla’s people), in Kent.

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

Stelling Last Name Facts

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

Stelling (Russian: Стеллинг) occurs most in Germany. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Stelling click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stelling? popularity and diffusion

It is the 81,420th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,221,513 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Stelling are found; 51 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Stelling is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name globally, borne by 16 people.

The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 2,480 people, or 1 in 32,462. In Germany Stelling is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 53 percent are found, Schleswig-Holstein, where 12 percent are found and Hamburg, where 9 percent are found. Beside Germany it occurs in 34 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent are found and England, where 9 percent are found.

Stelling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Stelling has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Stelling surname grew 809 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 243 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stelling Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Stelling surname are 23.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.27% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Stelling earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 26.67% less than the national average, earning R 174,264 per year; in United States they earn 4.92% more than the national average, earning $45,274 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.93% more than the national average, earning $51,634 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Stelling Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stelling in the Russian language
Стеллингstelling-

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