Sterff Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Sterff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Sterff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sterff Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sterff occurs most in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sterff? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,649,889th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sterff reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 5,031,591. In Germany Sterff is most common in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 50 percent live and Bavaria, where 25 percent live. Beside Germany this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 6 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterf | 91 | 158 | / |
| Streff | 83 | 1,148 | / |
| Storff | 83 | 36 | / |
| Stearf | 83 | 1 | / |
| Starff | 83 | 0 | / |
| Stearef | 77 | 1 | / |
| Staarff | 77 | 0 | / |
| Storf | 73 | 537 | / |
| Stref | 73 | 54 | / |
| Starf | 73 | 4 | / |
| Sterb | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sterrw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stearb | 67 | 0 | / |
| Starpf | 67 | 0 | / |
| Steerw | 67 | 0 | / |
| Østerbø | 62 | 308 | / |
| Sæterbø | 62 | 273 | / |
| Schterb | 62 | 4 | / |
| Sætherbø | 57 | 48 | / |
| Stirb | 55 | 357 | / |
| Strew | 55 | 86 | / |
| Strev | 55 | 5 | / |
| Starv | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ztirf | 55 | 1 | / |
| Storw | 55 | 0 | / |
| Storph | 50 | 417 | / |
| Styrev | 50 | 1 | / |
| Shtrev | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Sterff
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