Stivers Surname
Approximately 5,648 people bear this surname
Stivers Surname User-submission:
The German name for a flute or fife player is a Stiver. One who made either instrument was known as a stivers.
One way the name came to the United States was from Germany. The Stivers family came to make, and play fifes, for the Revolutionary War.
Read More About This SurnameStivers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,618 | 1:64,517 | 7,547 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 928 | 1:54,115 | 6,085 |
Stivers (10) may also be a first name.
Stivers Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The German name for a flute or fife player is a Stiver. One who made either instrument was known as a stivers.
One way the name came to the United States was from Germany. The Stivers family came to make, and play fifes, for the Revolutionary War. William Stivers made fifes and drums. His sons Reuben and Edward, played them in major battles next to high ranking generals.
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Average Stivers Salary in
United States
$43,662 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Stivers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stivers Come From? nationality or country of origin
Stivers (Russian: Стиверс) occurs most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Stivers? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 85,399th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,290,288 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Stivers are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Stivers is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 10 people.
The surname Stivers is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 5,618 people, or 1 in 64,517. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Kentucky, where 22 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Besides The United States this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent live and Ecuador, where 0 percent live.
Stivers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Stivers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Stivers last name expanded 605 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Stivers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Stivers surname are 17.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.18% registered to vote for the political party.
Stivers earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.19% more than the national average, earning $43,662 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stijvers | 93 | 72 | / |
| Stuivers | 93 | 5 | / |
| Stievers | 93 | 3 | / |
| Steivers | 93 | 1 | / |
| Steijvers | 88 | 571 | / |
| Stuijvers | 88 | 5 | / |
| Stevers | 86 | 494 | / |
| Stuvers | 86 | 39 | / |
| Stivors | 86 | 13 | / |
| Styvers | 86 | 7 | / |
| Stibers | 86 | 4 | / |
| Stiwers | 86 | 4 | / |
| Stivirs | 86 | 2 | / |
| Steyvers | 80 | 472 | / |
| Stuyvers | 80 | 38 | / |
| Steevers | 80 | 12 | / |
| Steversh | 80 | 4 | / |
| Stiebers | 80 | 1 | / |
| Stevoers | 80 | 0 | / |
| Steinpers | 75 | 12 | / |
| Stewers | 71 | 36 | / |
| Stebers | 71 | 18 | / |
| Stewars | 71 | 7 | / |
| Stevars | 71 | 2 | / |
| Stuwers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Stiwars | 71 | 1 | / |
| Stebiors | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shteybers | 63 | 1 | / |
Stivers Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Stivers in the Russian language | ||
| Стиверс | stivers | - |
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Footnotes
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