Ster Surname
Approximately 4,893 people bear this surname
Ster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myanmar | 2,974 | 1:17,464 | 386 |
| Romania | 437 | 1:45,945 | 5,736 |
| Germany | 230 | 1:350,024 | 33,964 |
| United States | 207 | 1:1,751,009 | 115,476 |
| Poland | 162 | 1:234,622 | 30,119 |
| Hungary | 139 | 1:70,621 | 7,220 |
| France | 124 | 1:535,667 | 73,425 |
| Austria | 95 | 1:89,636 | 13,202 |
| Russia | 64 | 1:2,251,923 | 134,938 |
| Netherlands | 55 | 1:307,040 | 36,360 |
| Brazil | 47 | 1:4,554,773 | 120,089 |
| Sweden | 45 | 1:218,817 | 15,158 |
| Canada | 40 | 1:921,140 | 70,350 |
| Denmark | 25 | 1:225,789 | 17,947 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Ukraine | 18 | 1:2,529,039 | 160,188 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Slovenia | 11 | 1:226,152 | 15,984 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Šter (300), Stér (43), Şter (3), Stêr (1) & Štér (49) are calculated separately.
Ster (744) may also be a first name.
Ster Demographics
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Ster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ster Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ster (Bengali: স্টের, Russian: Стер) is held by more people in Myanmar than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Šter, Stér, Şter, Stêr or Štér. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ster? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ster is the 97,071st most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,489,382 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Ster live; 61 percent live in South Asia and 61 percent live in Burmo-Asia. Ster is also the 301,495th most common first name globally, borne by 744 people.
Ster is most frequently occurring in Myanmar, where it is carried by 2,974 people, or 1 in 17,464. Without taking into account Myanmar this surname exists in 72 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 9 percent live and Germany, where 5 percent live.
Ster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ster has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ster surname increased 2,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ster Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Ster surname are 30.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 77.27% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ster earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 22.03% less than the national average, earning $33,642 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.78% less than the national average, earning $32,900 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ster Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ster in the Bengali language | ||
| স্টের | stera | - |
| Ster in the Russian language | ||
| Стер | ster | - |
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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 Ster
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