van Ster Surname

564,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 561 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Ster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Ster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5541:97,79411,890
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: van Stér (1) are calculated separately.

van Ster Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Ster is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: van Stér. Click here for other potential spellings of van Ster.

How Common Is The Last Name van Ster? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 564,325th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,990,278 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of van Ster reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 554 people, or 1 in 97,794. In South Africa van Ster is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 66 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 19 percent reside and Gauteng, where 6 percent reside. Not including South Africa it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside and Namibia, where 0 percent reside.

van Ster Last Name Statistics demography

van Ster earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 15.57% less than the national average, earning R 200,640 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Stér961/
van Steer9413/
van Stert941/
van Stee88534/
Van-Ster881/
van Steet821/
van Staa75157/
van Staay7179/
von Steht7114/
van Staai712/
van Staaij6736/
von Staa6326/
von Styp6314/
von Sehested6021/
von Stitt591/
von Stoit590/
Von-Styp501/

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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 van Ster
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