Šterba Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Šterba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 7 | 1:762,350 | 73,078 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
The alternate forms: Štěrba (2,372), Sterba (1,776) & Śtěrba (2) are calculated separately.
Šterba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šterba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Šterba is carried by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Štěrba, Sterba or Śtěrba. Click here for further potential spellings of Šterba.
How Common Is The Last Name Šterba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šterba are found; 78 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 78 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
Šterba is most frequently used in Slovakia, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 762,350. In Slovakia Šterba is mostly found in: Prešov Region, where 43 percent are found, Bratislava Region, where 29 percent are found and Banská Bystrica Region, where 14 percent are found. Not including Slovakia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Croatia, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Štěrba | 94 | 2,372 | / |
| Sterba | 94 | 1,776 | / |
| Śtěrba | 89 | 2 | / |
| Štirba | 83 | 50 | / |
| Štreba | 83 | 15 | / |
| Šterber | 77 | 16 | / |
| Shterba | 77 | 13 | / |
| Šterbić | 77 | 10 | / |
| Szterba | 77 | 8 | / |
| Stierba | 77 | 7 | / |
| Sterbaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Steirba | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sterbach | 71 | 45 | / |
| Starba | 67 | 193 | / |
| Stirba | 67 | 104 | / |
| Streba | 67 | 97 | / |
| Sterby | 67 | 94 | / |
| Sterwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sterbaggi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Storba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Štěrbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Styrba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Steirbach | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Šterba
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