Stricker Surname

26,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,955 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

Stricker Surname Definition:

(English, German) One who stretched, or smoothed, fabrics; one who poached, or killed game unlawfully; one who came from Streich, in Germany.

Stricker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany8,1341:9,8971,240
United States7,1961:50,3706,084
Switzerland1,3231:6,208977
Austria6581:12,9411,858
Argentina5641:75,7866,436
Italy4161:147,01123,098
Canada2651:139,04014,308
Netherlands2591:65,20111,174
Brazil2021:1,059,77437,226
Denmark1841:30,6783,179
France1361:488,40268,701
Israel1231:69,5748,611
South Africa1131:479,44939,619
England581:960,65648,451
Poland501:760,17561,940
Puerto Rico401:88,7531,516
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Liechtenstein241:1,599167
Hungary201:490,81431,291
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Chile151:1,174,43221,998
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
United States Virgin Islands101:11,0381,555
Jamaica101:286,9957,581
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1491:43,7065,071

Stricker (167) may also be a first name.

Stricker Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English, German) One who stretched, or smoothed, fabrics; one who poached, or killed game unlawfully; one who came from Streich, in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Stricker Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stricker is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stricker? popularity and diffusion

Stricker is the 26,921st most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 365,199 people. Stricker occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Stricker reside; 53 percent reside in Western Europe and 52 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 708,111th most widespread forename worldwide, held by 167 people.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 8,134 people, or 1 in 9,897. In Germany Stricker is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 37 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 15 percent are found and Bavaria, where 9 percent are found. Barring Germany this surname exists in 53 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent are found and Switzerland, where 7 percent are found.

Stricker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Stricker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stricker last name expanded 626 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 387 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stricker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Stricker are 36.67% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 89.9% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Stricker earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 269.4% more than the national average, earning R 877,824 per year; in United States they earn 8% more than the national average, earning $46,603 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.57% less than the national average, earning $49,402 CAD per year.

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