Sterber Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Sterber Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sterber Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Šterber (16) are calculated separately.

Sterber Last Name Facts

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

Sterber is most common in The United States. It may also be rendered as: Šterber. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sterber? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Sterber is primarily found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Sterber are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 20,136,607. In The United States Sterber is mostly found in: Florida, where 17 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 11 percent are found and New Jersey, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 5 percent are found and Germany, where 5 percent are found.

Sterber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sterber has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sterber last name grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sterber Last Name Statistics demography

Sterber earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.28% less than the national average, earning $29,219 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šterber9516/
Stoerber931/
Streber86949/
Sterbet86285/
Stirber8660/
Starber862/
Steruer860/
Østerbøe809/
Sterbetz808/
Sterwere803/
Shterbeh801/
Shterbei801/
Sternper800/
Sterba771,776/
Strebe771,418/
Sterby7794/
Stirbe7743/
Sterve7718/
Shterbets7575/
Østerby71257/
Stirbet71157/
Stirbei7158/
Sterbis7145/
Šterberová7117/
Shterba7113/
Štreber719/
Szterba718/
Stierba717/
Strebeĺ714/
Sterbić713/
Strebeľ713/
Stirberová713/
Sterbaa711/
Starbir711/
Steirba710/
Styrbech6717/
Sterbuis671/

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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 Sterber
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