Stenker Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Stenker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stenker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany771:1,045,52570,954
France101:6,642,272293,169
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

The alternate forms: Štenker (1) are calculated separately.

Stenker Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stenker is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Štenker. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stenker? popularity and diffusion

Stenker is the 1,955,159th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname Stenker is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Stenker live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Stenker is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 1,045,525. In Germany it is mostly found in: Saxony, where 73 percent live, Thuringia, where 9 percent live and Bavaria, where 8 percent live. Outside of Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in France, where 11 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Stenker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Stenker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Stenker last name fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Stenker
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