Stphen Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Stphen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stphen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria841:2,108,84273,007
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Stphen (354) may also be a first name.

Stphen Last Name Facts

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

Stphen (Hindi: स्टीफन, Marathi: टीपेन) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stphen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,849,867th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Stphen reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Stphen is also the 463,079th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, held by 354 people.

The surname Stphen is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 2,108,842. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Enugu, where 18 percent reside, Abia, where 13 percent reside and Kaduna, where 13 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 5 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.

Stphen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Stphen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stphen last name contracted 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sthphen921/
Stphn912/
Stpheine861/
Stphin833/
Stpffen771/
Stfen731/
Stffen679/
Stfeen672/
Stpine671/
Sttffen627/
Stpaine621/
Stfina501/

Stphen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stphen in the Hindi language
स्टीफनstiphana-
Stphen in the Marathi language
टीपेनtipena66.67
तफेनtaphena33.33

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Stphen
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