Stokvis Surname

370,969th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 968 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Stokvis Surname Definition:

(Dutch/Flemish), Stockfish. (variant: Butevisch, Fisk, and Vis.)

Stokvis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands7191:23,4873,784
United States1041:3,485,182196,218
Canada441:837,40065,151
Germany421:1,916,797106,618
Denmark281:201,59716,538
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
England51:11,143,612252,590
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
France21:33,211,361423,184
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Stokviš (47) are calculated separately.

Stokvis Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch/Flemish), Stockfish. (variant: Butevisch, Fisk, and Vis.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Stokvis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stokvis occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also be rendered as: Stokviš. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Stokvis? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 370,969th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 7,528,457 people. The surname Stokvis is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Stokvis are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Stokvis is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 719 people, or 1 in 23,487. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Overijssel, where 28 percent live, North Holland, where 23 percent live and South Holland, where 15 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Stokvis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Stokvis has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Stokvis last name grew 1,733 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 55 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stokvis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Stokvis are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Stokvis earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 12.79% more than the national average, earning $48,668 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.6% more than the national average, earning $57,932 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stokviš9547/
Stockvis931/
Stokvisch8867/
Stocvis862/
Stokvisová821/
Shtokvysh7523/
Shtokvich753/
Stakvich671/
Shtokvych639/
Staskvich631/
Stockhues631/

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