Stivers Surname

85,399th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,648 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

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.

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Stivers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,6181:64,5177,547
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9281:54,1156,085

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.

- unclefester

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stijvers9372/
Stuivers935/
Stievers933/
Steivers931/
Steijvers88571/
Stuijvers885/
Stevers86494/
Stuvers8639/
Stivors8613/
Styvers867/
Stibers864/
Stiwers864/
Stivirs862/
Steyvers80472/
Stuyvers8038/
Steevers8012/
Steversh804/
Stiebers801/
Stevoers800/
Steinpers7512/
Stewers7136/
Stebers7118/
Stewars717/
Stevars712/
Stuwers711/
Stiwars711/
Stebiors670/
Shteybers631/

Stivers Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stivers in the Russian language
Стиверсstivers-

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