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 last name Stels is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stels? popularity and diffusion

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

The last name is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 319,351. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 92 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 3 percent are found. Not including Belgium Stels is found in 4 countries. It is also common in France, where 5 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

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
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  • 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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