Štifter Surname

1,133,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 213 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Štifter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Štifter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia1361:18,2924,196
Croatia561:75,51113,210
Czechia191:559,65656,138
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680

The alternate forms: Stifter (3,338) are calculated separately.

Štifter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Štifter is found most in Slovenia. It may appear as a variant: Stifter. For other potential spellings of Štifter click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Štifter? popularity and diffusion

The last name Štifter is the 1,133,308th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 34,213,831 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Štifter are found; 90 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 90 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Slovenia, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 18,292. In Slovenia it is primarily found in: Carinthia, where 48 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 26 percent live and Savinja, where 13 percent live. Besides Slovenia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 26 percent live and Czechia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stifter953,338/
Štifterová8225/
Shtifter809/
Stiefter809/
Stiffter803/
Štiffterová781/
Stifterová7186/
Stefter714/
Stifterova712/
Sztyfter674/
Stiffterová671/
Stewter571/

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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 Štifter
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