Stels Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Stels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium361:319,35136,407
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Stels (64) may also be a first name.

Stels Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stels is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stels? popularity and diffusion

The surname Stels is the 3,055,934th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Stels occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Stels live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe. Stels is also the 1,223,525th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 64 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 319,351. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 92 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent live and Walloon Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Belgium this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 5 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Steels911,972/
Stiels91415/
Staels91381/
Stelse91179/
Stells91131/
Stoels9131/
Stls891/
Stelles833/
Stelz80868/
Stils8045/
Stles808/
Styls805/
Ståls803/
Steglish771/
Stills732,544/
Stølås7383/
Stelze7346/
Stelce7342/
Ståhls7335/
Steelz738/
Støles735/
Stlles733/
Stielz732/
Stålås731/
Stilhs730/
Stellz730/
Stelch730/
Steglisch713/
Stilles6719/
Stylles674/
Stellez672/
Stőllős671/
Styglis670/
Stelche670/
Stellch670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Stels
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