Sternkopf Surname

388,118th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 914 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Sternkopf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sternkopf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7241:111,19513,694
United States951:3,815,357209,650
Denmark841:67,1996,734
England61:9,286,343223,652
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Sternkopf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sternkopf is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sternkopf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 388,118th most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 7,973,245 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Sternkopf reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in Germany, where it is held by 724 people, or 1 in 111,195. In Germany Sternkopf is most frequent in: Saxony, where 30 percent live, Bavaria, where 19 percent live and Thuringia, where 18 percent live. Not including Germany it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent live and Denmark, where 9 percent live.

Sternkopf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sternkopf has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 528 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sternkopf Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sternkopf last name are 26.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.68% being registered to vote for the party.

Sternkopf earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 48.81% more than the national average, earning $64,212 USD per year.

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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 Sternkopf
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