Stiglitz Surname

366,307th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 984 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Stiglitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stiglitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4221:858,90765,342
Austria2891:29,4654,722
Germany831:969,94567,438
Argentina611:700,71248,077
Canada381:969,62173,252
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
England101:5,571,806158,774
France101:6,642,272293,169
Czechia91:1,181,49785,740
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Uruguay81:428,97023,885
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
China21:683,660,78330,601
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

The alternate forms: Štiglitz (1) are calculated separately.

Stiglitz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stiglitz is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Štiglitz. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stiglitz? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 366,307th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 7,406,043 people. Stiglitz is predominantly found in The Americas, where 51 percent of Stiglitz reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 422 people, or 1 in 858,907. In The United States Stiglitz is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 15 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Florida, where 9 percent live. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 29 percent live and Germany, where 8 percent live.

Stiglitz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Stiglitz has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Stiglitz last name expanded 3,246 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Stiglitz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Stiglitz surname are 42.51% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.74% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Stiglitz earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 48.31% less than the national average, earning R 122,832 per year; in United States they earn 15.27% more than the national average, earning $49,739 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.54% less than the national average, earning $42,457 CAD 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
  • 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 Stiglitz
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