Stähelin Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Stähelin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 291 | 1:28,223 | 4,312 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
The alternate forms: Stahelin (760) are calculated separately.
Stähelin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stähelin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Stähelin is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Stahelin. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Stähelin? popularity and diffusion
It is the 872,430th most prevalent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Stähelin live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Stähelin is most commonly used in Switzerland, where it is carried by 291 people, or 1 in 28,223. In Switzerland it is primarily found in: Canton of Zürich, where 31 percent live, Canton of Thurgau, where 10 percent live and Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Switzerland it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 3 percent live and Germany, where 3 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
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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
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