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
The last name Sterff is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sterff? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sterff reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 5,031,591. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 50 percent live and Bavaria, where 25 percent live. Other than Germany this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common 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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