Stigt Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Stigt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stigt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1141:148,13322,302
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Stigt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stigt has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stigt? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,589,322nd most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Stigt are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 148,133. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 62 percent live, North Holland, where 15 percent live and North Brabant, where 9 percent live. Besides The Netherlands Stigt is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stig89567/
Stieg802,282/
Steig80857/
Staig80198/
Stigh8066/
Stegt8055/
Shtig8013/
Stigs806/
Stigg801/
Stoig801/
Stigø801/
Sttig801/
Staigh7322/
Steigh7312/
Stiggs7311/
Østeig7310/
Stigås739/
Steegt738/
Steigk736/
Schtig733/
Staigg732/
Sticth731/
Steigg730/
Stix672,932/
Steg671,428/
Stik67440/
Stic6777/
Sjøteig6715/
Stiq672/
Ztig671/
Styg671/
Stuggig671/
Stoiggs670/

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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 Stigt
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