Sterkowiec Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Sterkowiec Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 267 | 1:142,355 | 20,517 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Sterkowiec Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sterkowiec Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sterkowiec occurs more in Poland more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sterkowiec.
How Common Is The Last Name Sterkowiec? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 928,396th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Sterkowiec live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 94 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
It is most frequent in Poland, where it is borne by 267 people, or 1 in 142,355. Outside of Poland it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterkowicz | 90 | 307 | / |
| Styrkowiec | 90 | 166 | / |
| Starkowiec | 90 | 1 | / |
| Sterkowitz | 80 | 73 | / |
| Styrkowicz | 80 | 14 | / |
| Sterkovich | 80 | 8 | / |
| Sterkhovich | 76 | 2 | / |
| Storkovic | 74 | 1 | / |
| Streckovic | 70 | 1 | / |
| Sterkovits | 70 | 1 | / |
| Sterkovitz | 70 | 1 | / |
| Shterkovych | 67 | 1 | / |
| Starcovic | 63 | 50 | / |
| Starkevic | 63 | 1 | / |
| Starkovykh | 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 Sterkowiec
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