Stephew Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Stephew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stephew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Stephew (42) may also be a first name.

Stephew Last Name Facts

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

Stephew occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stephew? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most widely held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Stephew live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Stephew is also the 1,566,439th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 42 people.

The surname Stephew is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Stephew is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 20 percent are found, Delta, where 20 percent are found and Kaduna, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stephews935/
Stephev861/
Stephef861/
Stepev771/
Stepheivs751/
Stepeev711/
Steppiev672/
Steffews671/
Steppeva671/
Steffgew670/
Stepyv624/
Stafeev573,030/
Stifeev57157/
Styfeev5717/
Steffef5715/
Stefeev5714/
Stapeev577/
Stofeev572/
Steffeb571/
Stefeva571/
Steffeff531/

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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 Stephew
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