Stolper Surname

216,168th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,899 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Stolper Surname Definition:

(from a place name) From Stolpce, a town in White Russia, or from Stolp, in Pomerania.

Stolper Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,1361:70,8679,015
United States5221:694,36654,999
Israel501:171,15317,369
Russia331:4,367,365205,470
Netherlands321:527,72448,879
Ukraine281:1,625,811125,303
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
England161:3,482,379114,324
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
France21:33,211,361423,184
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Malta11:430,2723,380
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

Stolper Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from a place name) From Stolpce, a town in White Russia, or from Stolp, in Pomerania.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Stolper Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stolper (Russian: Столпер) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Stolper click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stolper? popularity and diffusion

The last name Stolper is the 216,168th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,837,570 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Stolper live; 62 percent live in Western Europe and 62 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 1,136 people, or 1 in 70,867. In Germany Stolper is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 19 percent live, Saxony, where 19 percent live and Bavaria, where 12 percent live. Other than Germany this surname is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent live and Israel, where 3 percent live.

Stolper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Stolper has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stolper surname increased 1,338 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Stolper Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Stolper surname are 1.74% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.49% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Stolper earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 27% less than the national average, earning R 173,484 per year; in United States they earn 35.28% more than the national average, earning $58,373 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.78% less than the national average, earning $44,826 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stolpert9310/
Stolpher934/
Stolpere931/
Stoelper930/
Stolpe923,423/
Sztolpert886/
Stülper8634/
Stolphe863/
Stalper862/
Stulper861/
Stolpets8053/
Stolpett801/
Stolpa77496/
Stalpe775/
Stalpes7192/
Sztolpa7142/
Stolphi718/
Stolphy711/
Stalpets672/
Štolpa6281/
Stalpi623/

Stolper Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stolper in the Russian language
Столперstolper-

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