Streit Surname
Approximately 23,096 people bear this surname
Streit Surname Definition:
(German) Descendant of Streit (battle), a short form of names beginning with Streit, as Stridbert, Striter and Stritmar.
Read More About This SurnameStreit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 7,454 | 1:10,800 | 1,361 |
| Israel | 4,610 | 1:1,856 | 179 |
| United States | 4,291 | 1:84,470 | 9,562 |
| Switzerland | 2,764 | 1:2,971 | 375 |
| Brazil | 1,445 | 1:148,148 | 5,667 |
| Austria | 798 | 1:10,671 | 1,456 |
| France | 693 | 1:95,848 | 13,998 |
| Czechia | 252 | 1:42,196 | 6,993 |
| Canada | 197 | 1:187,033 | 18,476 |
| Hungary | 129 | 1:76,095 | 7,702 |
| Poland | 70 | 1:542,982 | 51,331 |
| Denmark | 69 | 1:81,807 | 7,949 |
| South Africa | 51 | 1:1,062,308 | 63,943 |
| Australia | 46 | 1:586,863 | 42,409 |
| Romania | 41 | 1:489,704 | 37,604 |
| Chile | 36 | 1:489,346 | 12,617 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 279 | 1:179,995 | 16,051 |
The alternate forms: Štreit (20) are calculated separately.
Streit Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Descendant of Streit (battle), a short form of names beginning with Streit, as Stridbert, Striter and Stritmar.
User-submitted Reference
Streit is a German word meaning 'fight', 'quarrel', 'argument', or 'conflict'. It is thought by some to have originated as surname used by soldiers.
- kedna4640Streit Demographics
Average Male Streit Height
177.58 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Streit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Streit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Streit is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Štreit. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Streit? popularity and diffusion
The surname Streit is the 23,450th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 315,533 people. The last name Streit is predominantly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Streit reside; 51 percent reside in Western Europe and 46 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Streit is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 7,454 people, or 1 in 10,800. In Germany Streit is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 28 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 15 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent live. Other than Germany this surname is found in 53 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 19 percent live.
Streit Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Streit has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Streit last name increased 1,538 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Streit Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Streit surname are 17.36% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.13% being registered with the political party.
The amount Streit earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 33.1% more than the national average, earning R 316,308 per year; in United States they earn 6.22% more than the national average, earning $45,834 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.44% more than the national average, earning $54,374 CAD per year.
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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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- 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 Streit
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