Stours Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Stours Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stours Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1831:1,980,650127,499
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Barbados11:287,4482,772
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Stours Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stours is found most in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stours? popularity and diffusion

Stours is the 1,239,697th most commonly used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. Stours is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Stours live; 99 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 1,980,650. In The United States it is most frequent in: Maine, where 23 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 16 percent reside and Rhode Island, where 10 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 1 percent reside.

Stours Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Stours has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Stours surname rose 871 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Stours Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Stours last name are 26.04% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 79.27% being registered with the party.

Stours earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.3% less than the national average, earning $43,018 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sttours926/
Stouers920/
Stors9176/
Sturs915/
Storrs832,954/
Steurs831,319/
Storås83377/
Stuers8390/
Sturrs8356/
Stoers839/
Storss837/
Storsh833/
Sturse832/
Stotrs831/
Staurs831/
Stoors831/
Storse831/
Storsz831/
Stowers7710,607/
Stauers7715/
Storsæt7711/
Storsch774/
Storrss770/
Steuers770/
Stoyers770/
Stars732,645/
Stürs731/
Stursova715/
Shtayurs711/
Sthorsch711/
Stuggers710/
Storch6715,593/
Steers673,900/
Stiers672,704/
Stairs672,599/
Styers672,057/
Stears671,378/
Starrs671,359/
Sturch67890/
Storshova6731/
Sturçe6729/
Sturze6724/
Steirs6722/
Starsh6719/
Storce6713/
Sturce678/
Starss677/
Starås677/
Stahrs676/
Steihorst675/
Staars673/
Starsz672/
Starse671/
Starsø671/
Sturzz671/
Steyrs671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Stours
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