Stravs Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Stravs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stravs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
Slovenia131:191,36015,039
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Štravs (702) are calculated separately.

Stravs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stravs is more frequently found in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Štravs. Click here to see other potential spellings of Stravs.

How Common Is The Last Name Stravs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Stravs is the 2,909,720th most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Stravs reside; 44 percent reside in Western Europe and 29 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Switzerland, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 432,259. In Switzerland Stravs is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Vaud, where 53 percent live and Canton of Aargau, where 47 percent live. Other than Switzerland this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Slovenia, where 29 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Štravs94702/
Stravss922/
Shtravs921/
Strav916/
Straws83204/
Straps8386/
Strovs833/
Strauv833/
Strayv831/
Stravd831/
Strapps77197/
Straubs7714/
Strävås773/
Strawss773/
Strawse773/
Stravch773/
Straufs772/
Straups771/
Strausw770/
Straw738,924/
Strab7346/
Straf7331/
Strov7313/
Stravová7134/
Shtrausf710/
Straussw710/
Straub6744,708/
Straif67265/
Strauf67195/
Straff67127/
Strafe6783/
Štrovs6754/
Strowa6729/
Strows6728/
Straib6713/
Strova6711/
Sztraf678/
Shtrab677/
Strofs676/
Strews674/
Shtraf673/
Strawz673/
Shtrov673/
Stroiv671/
Strouv671/
Strovd671/
Streab671/
Straaf671/
Strajb671/
Strauw671/
Strops670/
Sthraw670/

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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 Stravs
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