Štafa Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Štafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Štafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia941:113,12218,479
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143

The alternate forms: Stafa (4,568) are calculated separately.

Štafa Last Name Facts

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

Štafa is held by more people in Czechia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Stafa. Click here to see other potential spellings of Štafa.

How Common Is The Last Name Štafa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Štafa is the 1,839,022nd most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Štafa live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Czechia, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 113,122. In Czechia Štafa is mostly concentrated in: Olomouc Region, where 38 percent live, Moravian-Silesian Region, where 21 percent live and South Moravian Region, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Czechia Štafa occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 5 percent live and Croatia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stafa934,568/
Štaffa91127/
Štofa80128/
Staffa732,803/
Stafaj73348/
Staifa73309/
Sztafa73107/
Stafai7357/
Štoffa7350/
Stafas735/
Sttafa732/
Stafat731/
Stasfa731/
Steafa731/
Stafah731/
Staffas67221/
Štajfer6792/
Stafast6721/
Stafaas671/
Staffah671/
Staffad670/
Staffay670/
Stauffa670/

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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 Štafa
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