Last Name STEPHEN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Stephen. There is no instance of Stephen in Domesday Book. But like John and Peter. it gained popularity with great rapidity; and Stephen of Blois, of course, excircised an influence in its favor. It was enourmously popular in the hereditary surname period, and, as a consequence, has endless represetntatives of nicknames and pet forms in the directories of today.
Honor.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Greek, Irish, Belgian

Rank 3,655 (2000 US census) 3,845 (1990 US census)
Count 8,934 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 67.11%, or 5996 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 23.48%, or 2098 total occurrences, as black,
  • 4.7%, or 420 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.65%, or 58 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.93%, or 172 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.13%, or 190 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

 How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

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