Stephensen Surname

279,970th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,380 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Greenland

Stephensen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stephensen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4121:879,75566,617
Denmark3541:15,9461,564
Australia3411:79,1669,228
Norway971:53,0137,617
Iceland801:4,751589
Canada371:995,82774,831
Sweden221:447,58032,003
Greenland211:2,685297
England81:6,964,757184,742
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4571:109,88810,957

Stephensen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stephensen occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Stephensen.

How Common Is The Last Name Stephensen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 279,970th most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,280,830 people. The last name Stephensen occurs mostly in Europe, where 41 percent of Stephensen live; 41 percent live in Northern Europe and 40 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 412 people, or 1 in 879,755. In The United States Stephensen is most common in: Utah, where 46 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and Nevada, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States Stephensen is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 26 percent live and Australia, where 25 percent live.

Stephensen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Stephensen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Stephensen surname declined 10 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 43 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stephensen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Stephensen surname are 39.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 86.73% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Stephensen earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 3.61% more than the national average, earning 358,588 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.86% more than the national average, earning $44,813 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.15% less than the national average, earning $42,158 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
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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 Stephensen
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