Sten Surname
Approximately 7,583 people bear this surname
Sten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,567 | 1:215,045 | 12,782 |
| Sweden | 1,443 | 1:6,824 | 621 |
| Finland | 579 | 1:9,493 | 1,486 |
| United States | 448 | 1:809,060 | 62,242 |
| Russia | 348 | 1:414,147 | 39,722 |
| Denmark | 228 | 1:24,758 | 2,529 |
| Ukraine | 224 | 1:203,226 | 27,441 |
| Norway | 213 | 1:24,142 | 3,186 |
| Australia | 118 | 1:228,777 | 21,625 |
| Brazil | 93 | 1:2,301,875 | 71,238 |
| Canada | 61 | 1:604,026 | 49,778 |
| Estonia | 38 | 1:34,784 | 6,408 |
| Belarus | 37 | 1:256,785 | 30,179 |
| Germany | 33 | 1:2,439,559 | 124,421 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 1:1,178,833 | 65,606 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 29 | 1:840,530 | 36,623 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 83 | 1:605,044 | 40,538 |
The alternate forms: Stén (77), Steń (8) & Stèn (4) are calculated separately.
Sten (34,716) may also be a first name.
Sten Demographics
Average Sten Salary in
United States
$46,297 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sten (Hindi: स्टेन, Marathi: टेन, Russian: Стен) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Stén, Steń or Stèn. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sten? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 65,805th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 961,037 people. The last name Sten occurs mostly in Asia, where 49 percent of Sten live; 47 percent live in South Asia and 47 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sten is also the 24,884th most frequently used given name world-wide, held by 34,716 people.
The last name Sten is most common in India, where it is borne by 3,567 people, or 1 in 215,045. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Meghalaya, where 87 percent are found, Assam, where 12 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 0 percent are found. Other than India Sten is found in 47 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 19 percent are found and Finland, where 8 percent are found.
Sten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sten surname rose 540 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 76 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sten Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Orthodox (76%) in Russia and Christian (47%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Sten last name are 12.12% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 65.35% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sten earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 3.76% less than the national average, earning 333,080 kr per year; in United States they earn 7.3% more than the national average, earning $46,297 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.63% less than the national average, earning $39,432 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sten Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sten in the Hindi language | ||
| स्टेन | stena | 66.67 |
| स्तेन | stena | 33.33 |
| Sten in the Marathi language | ||
| टेन | tena | 50 |
| टॅन | tena | 38.89 |
| तेन | tena | 11.11 |
| Sten in the Russian language | ||
| Стен | sten | - |
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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 Sten
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