Stephaans Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Stephaans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stephaans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa351:1,547,93478,799
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Stephaans (105) may also be a first name.

Stephaans Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stephaans is found most in South Africa. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stephaans? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,274,477th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Stephaans are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Stephaans is also the 920,134th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 105 people.

Stephaans is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 1,547,934. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 94 percent reside, Gauteng, where 3 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 3 percent reside. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Qatar, where 3 percent reside.

Stephaans Last Name Statistics demography

Stephaans earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 75.17% less than the national average, earning R 59,004 per year.

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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 Stephaans
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