Sterringa Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Sterringa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sterringa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands931:181,58325,939
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sterringa Last Name Facts

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

Sterringa is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sterringa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,871,545th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Sterringa live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 181,583. In The Netherlands Sterringa is most frequent in: North Holland, where 34 percent are found, South Holland, where 20 percent are found and Groningen, where 12 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 2 percent are found and Costa Rica, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Sterringa
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