Straß Surname
Approximately 544 people bear this surname
Straß Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 523 | 1:153,930 | 18,408 |
| Austria | 21 | 1:405,497 | 41,758 |
The alternate forms: Stra (511) & Strà (3) are calculated separately.
Straß Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Straß Come From? nationality or country of origin
Straß occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Stra or Strà. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Straß? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 577,768th most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 13,396,224 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Straß are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 523 people, or 1 in 153,930. In Germany Straß is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 30 percent live, Saarland, where 24 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 15 percent live. Apart from Germany it is found in one country. It is also found in Austria, where 4 percent live.
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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 Straß
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