Steword Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Steword Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Steword Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia61:734,75629,369
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States511:984,68058,342

Steword (32) may also be a first name.

Steword Last Name Facts

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

The last name Steword occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Steword? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Steword are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 46 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 32 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 734,756. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 83 percent reside and Grand Bassa County, where 17 percent reside. Besides Liberia Steword is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 38 percent reside and Honduras, where 8 percent reside.

Steword Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Steword has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Steword last name contracted 98 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 Steword
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