Stevens Surname
Approximately 410,476 people bear this surname
Stevens Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Stephen,' an early form; v. Stephen.
Philip Stevene, Somerset, t Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
William Stevene, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
Magota Steuen-doghterfa, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Read More About This SurnameStevens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 236,573 | 1:1,532 | 119 |
| England | 58,997 | 1:944 | 92 |
| Australia | 27,402 | 1:985 | 87 |
| Canada | 18,082 | 1:2,038 | 218 |
| South Africa | 14,976 | 1:3,618 | 475 |
| Belgium | 12,295 | 1:935 | 30 |
| Netherlands | 8,788 | 1:1,922 | 120 |
| Sierra Leone | 7,590 | 1:934 | 174 |
| New Zealand | 4,074 | 1:1,112 | 96 |
| Germany | 4,007 | 1:20,091 | 2,658 |
| Wales | 2,757 | 1:1,122 | 103 |
| France | 1,670 | 1:39,774 | 4,958 |
| Scotland | 1,569 | 1:3,412 | 599 |
| Thailand | 1,497 | 1:47,187 | 5,452 |
| Jamaica | 930 | 1:3,086 | 463 |
| Liberia | 604 | 1:7,299 | 860 |
| Ireland | 529 | 1:8,902 | 1,215 |
| Vanuatu | 511 | 1:515 | 105 |
| Chile | 467 | 1:37,723 | 1,897 |
| Brazil | 419 | 1:510,917 | 19,207 |
| British Virgin Islands | 413 | 1:76 | 10 |
| Spain | 390 | 1:119,877 | 9,365 |
| Mexico | 366 | 1:339,143 | 7,246 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 337 | 1:294 | 43 |
| Nigeria | 239 | 1:741,183 | 33,732 |
| Philippines | 233 | 1:434,499 | 54,012 |
| Northern Ireland | 221 | 1:8,349 | 1,401 |
| Argentina | 211 | 1:202,575 | 16,775 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 181 | 1:305 | 69 |
| Japan | 164 | 1:779,538 | 17,923 |
| Dominican Republic | 162 | 1:64,401 | 3,114 |
| Switzerland | 160 | 1:51,331 | 6,758 |
| Singapore | 150 | 1:36,718 | 1,328 |
| India | 144 | 1:5,326,843 | 130,588 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 137 | 1:806 | 116 |
| Panama | 134 | 1:29,196 | 1,725 |
| Bahamas | 127 | 1:3,085 | 395 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Bahrain | 118 | 1:11,429 | 2,102 |
| Sweden | 117 | 1:84,160 | 6,209 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 113 | 1:52 | 12 |
| Belize | 95 | 1:3,742 | 719 |
| Portugal | 94 | 1:110,832 | 5,195 |
| Namibia | 92 | 1:26,189 | 4,171 |
| Bermuda | 90 | 1:725 | 108 |
| Zimbabwe | 89 | 1:173,463 | 21,090 |
| Guernsey | 88 | 1:732 | 115 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Isle of Man | 71 | 1:1,209 | 190 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67 | 1:121,697 | 16,585 |
| Denmark | 63 | 1:89,599 | 8,581 |
| Malaysia | 63 | 1:468,162 | 23,720 |
| Norway | 58 | 1:88,660 | 12,230 |
| Israel | 53 | 1:161,465 | 16,670 |
| Nicaragua | 53 | 1:113,605 | 1,989 |
| Italy | 52 | 1:1,176,090 | 74,216 |
| Ecuador | 49 | 1:324,609 | 9,222 |
| Greece | 49 | 1:226,118 | 35,110 |
| Jersey | 46 | 1:2,157 | 365 |
| United Arab Emirates | 46 | 1:199,180 | 13,980 |
| China | 45 | 1:30,384,924 | 1,604 |
| Dominica | 44 | 1:1,725 | 292 |
| Russia | 43 | 1:3,351,699 | 174,427 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| American Samoa | 39 | 1:1,430 | 249 |
| Venezuela | 37 | 1:816,326 | 13,210 |
| Hong Kong | 35 | 1:209,585 | 3,000 |
| Austria | 34 | 1:250,454 | 29,541 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Aruba | 28 | 1:3,696 | 529 |
| Guyana | 27 | 1:28,230 | 3,128 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Paraguay | 24 | 1:301,531 | 4,820 |
| Czechia | 23 | 1:462,325 | 50,029 |
| Ghana | 21 | 1:1,286,700 | 11,505 |
| Finland | 19 | 1:289,300 | 21,660 |
| Hungary | 17 | 1:577,428 | 34,558 |
| Cyprus | 16 | 1:55,305 | 5,325 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Anguilla | 14 | 1:960 | 86 |
| Curaçao | 14 | 1:11,232 | 389 |
| Haiti | 14 | 1:763,136 | 11,139 |
| Honduras | 14 | 1:629,746 | 3,754 |
| Oman | 14 | 1:263,426 | 4,299 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| Costa Rica | 12 | 1:398,339 | 3,755 |
| Saint Lucia | 12 | 1:14,898 | 1,270 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Falkland Islands | 10 | 1:313 | 59 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Guatemala | 10 | 1:1,608,267 | 5,853 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Cayman Islands | 9 | 1:7,099 | 820 |
| Puerto Rico | 9 | 1:394,460 | 3,042 |
| South Korea | 9 | 1:5,693,362 | 993 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Malawi | 8 | 1:2,139,889 | 24,009 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Egypt | 6 | 1:15,322,626 | 62,302 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Vietnam | 6 | 1:15,441,009 | 3,090 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1:4,588,025 | 21,573 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 1:432,005 | 185 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Moldova | 4 | 1:890,342 | 46,069 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Tonga | 4 | 1:26,828 | 461 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 1:53,118,924 | 25,950 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Cuba | 3 | 1:3,840,905 | 13,116 |
| Libya | 3 | 1:2,081,325 | 6,108 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Togo | 3 | 1:2,415,923 | 11,978 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Mali | 2 | 1:8,484,518 | 4,035 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Rwanda | 2 | 1:5,682,489 | 5,910 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Sudan | 2 | 1:18,755,098 | 14,167 |
| Tajikistan | 2 | 1:4,193,346 | 12,835 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 213 | 1:20,797 | 2,401 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 30,179 | 1:808 | 79 |
| Wales | 568 | 1:2,761 | 184 |
| Scotland | 552 | 1:6,781 | 970 |
| Jersey | 38 | 1:1,365 | 217 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:7,753 | 762 |
| Guernsey | 6 | 1:5,443 | 949 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 46,695 | 1:1,075 | 85 |
The alternate forms: Stévens (37) are calculated separately.
Stevens (10,024) may also be a first name.
Stevens Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Stephen,' an early form; v. Stephen.
Philip Stevene, Somerset, t Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
William Stevene, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
Magota Steuen-doghterfa, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas Steuenson, 1379: ibid.
Robert Steuen, 1379: ibid.
1423. Laurence Stevene, rector of Wickhampton, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.
1600. Anthony Stephenes or Stevens, Wiltshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
'son of Steven,' which see. This form is less common than Steven.
Steven’s (Son) , Steven’s Son v. Stephen.
Thomas Stevenson.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.
“Crown” in Greek (Stefhen).
(English) The son of Stephen (crown or garland).
Stephen's; the son of Stephen.
From Stephen, from the Greek Στέφαυος, a crown.
Stevens Demographics
Average Male Stevens Height
177.38 cm
Average Female Stevens Height
162.59 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Stevens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stevens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Stevens (Hindi: स्टेवन्स, Russian: Стевенс) is most common in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms: Stévens. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Stevens? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,316th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 17,754 people. Stevens occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Stevens reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 61,134th most widespread given name internationally It is held by 10,024 people.
It is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 236,573 people, or 1 in 1,532. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 9 percent reside, Texas, where 8 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 185 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent reside and Australia, where 7 percent reside.
Stevens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Stevens has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 507 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 195 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 485 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 284 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 248 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Stevens Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (43%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Maronite (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Stevens last name are 13.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.79% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Stevens earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 47.13% less than the national average, earning €15,877 per year; in Norway they earn 4.89% more than the national average, earning 363,004 kr per year; in Peru they earn 35.37% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,528 per year; in South Africa they earn 18.35% more than the national average, earning R 281,244 per year; in Colombia they earn 30.17% less than the national average, earning $15,854,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.75% less than the national average, earning $42,392 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.32% more than the national average, earning $50,835 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stévens | 95 | 37 | / |
| Steevens | 93 | 686 | / |
| Stevense | 93 | 267 | / |
| Steavens | 93 | 142 | / |
| Stievens | 93 | 38 | / |
| Steven's | 93 | 6 | / |
| Stevenss | 93 | 3 | / |
| Steveens | 93 | 3 | / |
| Staevens | 93 | 2 | / |
| Sstevens | 93 | 2 | / |
| Sthevens | 93 | 2 | / |
| Stevensd | 93 | 1 | / |
| Sttevens | 93 | 1 | / |
| Stevaens | 93 | 1 | / |
| Stevhens | 93 | 1 | / |
| Stevoens | 93 | 0 | / |
| Steivens | 93 | 0 | / |
| Stevenns | 93 | 0 | / |
| Steuvens | 93 | 0 | / |
| Stevesns | 93 | 0 | / |
| Steveins | 93 | 0 | / |
| Steevensz | 88 | 235 | / |
| Stevesyns | 88 | 23 | / |
| Steavaens | 88 | 0 | / |
| Steaveins | 88 | 0 | / |
| Stivens | 86 | 360 | / |
| Stevans | 86 | 232 | / |
| Stavens | 86 | 124 | / |
| Stevons | 86 | 82 | / |
| Stevins | 86 | 46 | / |
| Stevenz | 86 | 29 | / |
| Stevems | 86 | 20 | / |
| Stevyns | 86 | 4 | / |
| Styvens | 86 | 3 | / |
| Stovens | 86 | 1 | / |
| Stevensová | 82 | 5 | / |
| Stevensova | 82 | 1 | / |
| Stavensø | 80 | 13 | / |
| Stavenæs | 80 | 8 | / |
| Stevence | 80 | 7 | / |
| Steevenz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Steavenz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sttivens | 80 | 1 | / |
| Stebhens | 80 | 1 | / |
| Stivhens | 80 | 1 | / |
| Steavans | 80 | 0 | / |
| Steavins | 80 | 0 | / |
| Steevans | 80 | 0 | / |
| Staveans | 80 | 0 | / |
| Stievons | 80 | 0 | / |
| Steavons | 80 | 0 | / |
| Steevensová | 78 | 1 | / |
| Stavins | 71 | 57 | / |
| Stavans | 71 | 25 | / |
| Stivans | 71 | 21 | / |
| Stowens | 71 | 18 | / |
| Stivins | 71 | 14 | / |
| Stevanz | 71 | 4 | / |
| Stévins | 71 | 2 | / |
| Stivensová | 71 | 1 | / |
| Stivenz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Stovenz | 71 | 0 | / |
| Stovins | 71 | 0 | / |
| Stévence | 67 | 1 | / |
Stevens Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Stevens in the Hindi language | ||
| स्टेवन्स | stevansa | - |
| Stevens in the Russian language | ||
| Стевенс | stevens | - |
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