Stöven Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Stöven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stöven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany971:829,95360,372
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Stoven (163) & Stovén (5) are calculated separately.

Stöven Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stöven is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Stoven or Stovén. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stöven? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,871,545th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Stöven reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Stöven is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 829,953. In Germany Stöven is most frequent in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 60 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent reside. Not including Germany it occurs in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stoven94163/
Stovén895/
Steven83163,317/
Staven83544/
Staeven77124/
Steeven7763/
Stavien7758/
Stoeven7732/
Steveen7726/
Stöving779/
Stteven775/
Stheven775/
Stevenn775/
Stövind774/
Stevien773/
Shteven771/
Stevenȍ771/
Steuven770/
Steveahn711/
Stovin67492/
Stevin67312/
Stavin67164/
Stavén6725/
Stevén6714/
Stavyn677/
Stävin672/
Stawen671/
Steevin627/
Stebhen624/
Stevain623/
Stehvén621/
Stobein621/
Stewain620/
Stehwein5712/
Števin5053/

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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 Stöven
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