Stover Surname
Approximately 33,557 people bear this surname
Stover Surname Definition:
(German) One who came from Stove, in Mecklenburg; one who conducted a public bathhouse; variant of Stauffer, q.v.
Read More About This SurnameStover Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32,239 | 1:11,243 | 1,395 |
| Canada | 760 | 1:48,481 | 5,885 |
| Germany | 101 | 1:797,084 | 58,657 |
| Israel | 92 | 1:93,018 | 10,885 |
| Brazil | 56 | 1:3,822,756 | 105,432 |
| Australia | 48 | 1:562,410 | 41,290 |
| Netherlands | 31 | 1:544,748 | 49,659 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Mexico | 29 | 1:4,280,214 | 27,059 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Argentina | 24 | 1:1,780,976 | 92,783 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 70 | 1:348,220 | 22,196 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,188 | 1:8,115 | 1,041 |
The alternate forms: Stöver (3,632) & Stóver (1) are calculated separately.
Stover (409) may also be a first name.
Stover Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who came from Stove, in Mecklenburg; one who conducted a public bathhouse; variant of Stauffer, q.v.
(Danish.) A fleet hound, a name given for swiftness or love of hunting.
User-submitted Reference
Stouffer (Stauffer, Stover) is a German surname brought into the Americas in the 1800's. Stouffer means 'slope' or 'steep'. This name was common in Switzerland and in Sweden around very mountainous and hilly areas.
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Average Stover Salary in
United States
$40,817 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Stover Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stover Come From? nationality or country of origin
Stover (Russian: Стовер) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Stöver or Stóver. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Stover? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 16,535th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 217,169 people. The surname Stover occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Stover live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 426,190th most commonly held given name on earth. It is borne by 409 people.
Stover is most common in The United States, where it is held by 32,239 people, or 1 in 11,243. In The United States it is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 9 percent live, Ohio, where 8 percent live and California, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 47 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
Stover Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Stover has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Stover surname rose 521 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Stover Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Stover last name are 16.03% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.8% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Stover earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 99.11% more than the national average, earning R 473,160 per year; in United States they earn 5.4% less than the national average, earning $40,817 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.49% more than the national average, earning $49,924 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Stover Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Stover in the Russian language | ||
| Стовер | stover | - |
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Stover Reference & Research
Stover DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Stover FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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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 Stover
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