Stepthen Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Kenya

Stepthen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Stepthen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Stepthen (38) may also be a first name.

Stepthen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stepthen has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stepthen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,063,924th most frequent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Stepthen is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Stepthen live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 38 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kogi, where 80 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 20 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 40 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stepten9315/
Steptein881/
Stpethan751/
Stupthin750/
Sidebothen670/

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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 Stepthen
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