Stifft Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Stifft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stifft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany871:925,35065,249
Brazil801:2,675,92980,209
Argentina171:2,514,318114,515
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England41:13,929,515290,718
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Stifft Last Name Facts

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

Stifft occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Stifft.

How Common Is The Last Name Stifft? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,198,640th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Stifft live; 49 percent live in South America and 45 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Stifft is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 925,350. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 47 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 11 percent live. Not including Germany it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 41 percent live and Argentina, where 9 percent live.

Stifft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Stifft has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stifft surname rose 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Stifft Last Name Statistics demography

Stifft earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 282.4% more than the national average, earning $165,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stiff915,379/
Stift911,028/
Stufft83313/
Stieff83295/
Steiff83260/
Stiffe8382/
Staiff8344/
Shtiff8331/
Stifts833/
Shtift833/
Sthiff832/
Staift830/
Stiffs830/
Stif80173/
Stijffs7723/
Stheiff772/
Steiffe771/
Steufft771/
Steiffs770/
Stief735,072/
Steff731,357/
Steif73941/
Stijf73281/
Staif7343/
Styff7326/
Stoif7324/
Štift739/
Stife738/
Stuft736/
Stuif734/
Steft731/
Stifs731/
Stiftová711/
Steffe671,409/
Styffe67252/
Stijfs6784/
Shtaif6730/
Shteif6715/
Shteff6710/
Steuff677/
Shtuft676/
Stuijf676/
Steffs674/
Steeff673/
Steffå672/
Sztyft671/
Stoyff671/
Stipfs671/
Štifftová671/
S'Taif671/
Sztuft671/
Shtief671/
Sttyff671/
Steife670/
Steifs670/
Stefth670/

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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
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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 Stifft
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