Sterba Surname

228,232nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,776 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Sterba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sterba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2601:287,66626,744
Austria1981:43,0076,895
Germany831:969,94567,438
Argentina501:854,86855,754
France391:1,703,147154,208
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
Switzerland271:304,18224,091
Hungary261:377,54926,409
Czechia221:483,34051,393
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
England71:7,959,723202,100
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Šterba (9), Štěrba (2,372) & Śtěrba (2) are calculated separately.

Sterba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sterba is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Šterba, Štěrba or Śtěrba. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sterba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 228,232nd most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,103,348 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Sterba live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 1,260 people, or 1 in 287,666. In The United States it is most frequent in: Illinois, where 10 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Nebraska, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 11 percent live and Germany, where 5 percent live.

Sterba Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sterba are 13.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.62% registered with the political party.

The amount Sterba earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 3.36% more than the national average, earning $44,600 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.66% more than the national average, earning $52,497 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šterba949/
Shterba9213/
Szterba928/
Stierba927/
Sterbaa921/
Steirba920/
Štěrba892,372/
Śtěrba892/
Sterbach8645/
Starba83193/
Stirba83104/
Streba8397/
Sterby8394/
Sterwa838/
Storba833/
Styrba831/
Sterbaggi805/
Steirbach801/
Shtyrba77705/
Sterbet77285/
Østerby77257/
Stirbat77170/
Sterbis7745/
Sterber7720/
Shterbo777/
Shtirba774/
Sterbić773/
Starbay773/
Shtreba773/
Stehrva771/
Stirboa771/
Sztorba771/
Stervas771/
Steruat770/
Steruad770/
Stirbau770/
Østerbøe719/
Sterbetz718/
Shterbei711/
Sterbuis711/
Shterbeh711/
Strebe671,418/
Streby67267/
Shterbets6775/
Štirba6750/
Storbo6749/
Stirbe6743/
Sterve6718/
Stervy6716/
Štreba6715/
Starbo6711/
Stervaggi677/
Stervo677/
Strebi674/
Stirby673/
Stirbaitė671/
Stervi671/
Stirbo671/

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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 Sterba
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