Stoltenberg Surname

106,628th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Stoltenberg Surname User-submission:

Stoltenberg is a German and Danish surname, denoting someone who came from Stoltenberg. The name is from the German Plattdeutsch dialect (Low German), and in modern German it would be Stolzen-berg, meaning 'proud mountain'. There are two locations named so in Germany (one in Schleswig-Holstein and one in Lower Saxony).

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Stoltenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9971:181,50218,131
Germany1,6001:50,3166,566
Denmark2951:19,1351,901
Norway1971:26,1033,530
Brazil641:3,344,91195,290
Australia581:465,44335,949
Netherlands521:324,75337,631
Sweden341:289,61020,124
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
England51:11,143,612252,590
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
France21:33,211,361423,184
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2051:244,96920,381

Stoltenberg Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Stoltenberg is a German and Danish surname, denoting someone who came from Stoltenberg. The name is from the German Plattdeutsch dialect (Low German), and in modern German it would be Stolzen-berg, meaning 'proud mountain'. There are two locations named so in Germany (one in Schleswig-Holstein and one in Lower Saxony).

For some Americans, it could be an Anglicization of German Stolzenberg (z making a tz or t sound).

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Stolzenberg is a surname of Germanic origin. However, it is prevalent among Jewish (Ashkenazic) people. It means 'proud mountain'.

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Stoltenberg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stoltenberg (Russian: Стольтенберг) is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stoltenberg? popularity and diffusion

It is the 106,628th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,663,064 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 51 percent of Stoltenberg live; 46 percent live in North America and 46 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,997 people, or 1 in 181,502. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 12 percent are found, Nebraska, where 12 percent are found and Iowa, where 9 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 37 percent are found and Denmark, where 7 percent are found.

Stoltenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Stoltenberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stoltenberg last name rose 974 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stoltenberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Stoltenberg last name are 25.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.9% being registered with the party.

The amount Stoltenberg earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 10.72% more than the national average, earning 383,181 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.88% more than the national average, earning $47,414 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.29% less than the national average, earning $41,093 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Stoltenberg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stoltenberg in the Russian language
Стольтенбергstoltenberg-

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