Stephans Surname

275,596th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,408 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Stephans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stephans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9801:369,85632,819
South Africa3541:153,04417,319
Lesotho291:70,0889,364
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
England111:5,065,278148,650
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England781:312,50520,777
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3361:149,46013,879

Stephans (1,158) may also be a first name.

Stephans Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stephans is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stephans? popularity and diffusion

The surname Stephans is the 275,596th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 5,175,814 people. The last name Stephans occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Stephans are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 233,570th most commonly used forename worldwide, borne by 1,158 people.

Stephans is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 980 people, or 1 in 369,856. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 10 percent reside, Missouri, where 10 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 25 percent reside and Lesotho, where 2 percent reside.

Stephans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Stephans has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Stephans surname rose 292 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 86 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stephans Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Anglican (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Stephans last name are 14.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.73% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Stephans earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 56.49% less than the national average, earning R 103,392 per year; in United States they earn 6.76% more than the national average, earning $46,066 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.53% less than the national average, earning $43,953 CAD 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
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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 Stephans
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