Stergel Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Stergel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stergel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Slovenia41:621,91923,710
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Stergel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stergel is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stergel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most widespread family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Stergel are found; 52 percent are found in Western Europe and 52 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Stergel is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 7,318,678. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 73 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 18 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 9 percent reside. Other than Germany Stergel exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Slovenia, where 19 percent reside and Sweden, where 14 percent reside.

Stergel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Stergel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Stergel last name contracted 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Stergel
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