Stöwe Surname

752,779th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 381 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Stöwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stöwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3791:212,41524,030
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Stowe (18,038) are calculated separately.

Stöwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stöwe occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Stowe. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stöwe? popularity and diffusion

Stöwe is the 752,779th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,127,417 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Stöwe reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 379 people, or 1 in 212,415. In Germany Stöwe is primarily found in: Brandenburg, where 31 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 30 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 11 percent live. Barring Germany Stöwe exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stowe9318,038/
Stöbe80729/
Stewe80333/
Stöve8086/
Stawe8028/
Stöver733,632/
Stewie73564/
Steuwe7382/
Stoewe7369/
Stowey7353/
Stowie7327/
Shtewe7315/
Stowei737/
Stoweu731/
Stewey731/
Shtewie672/
Shtewey672/
Shtewee671/
Shteewe671/
Stoewea671/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Stöwe
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