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 more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Stokviš. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stokvis? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 370,969th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,528,457 people. The last name Stokvis occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Stokvis live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Stokvis is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 719 people, or 1 in 23,487. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Overijssel, where 28 percent reside, North Holland, where 23 percent reside and South Holland, where 15 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.

Stokvis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Stokvis has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stokvis last name expanded 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 those bearing the Stokvis surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the political 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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