Stürken Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Stürken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Stürken Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1401:575,03946,885
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

The alternate forms: Sturken (150) are calculated separately.

Stürken Last Name Facts

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

Stürken is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Sturken. Click here for other potential spellings of Stürken.

How Common Is The Last Name Stürken? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,491,356th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Stürken live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 140 people, or 1 in 575,039. In Germany it is most common in: Bremen, where 48 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 30 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent live. Other than Germany Stürken occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live.

Stürken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Stürken has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Stürken surname declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sturken95150/
Stürcken9395/
Storken86130/
Stirken8693/
Storcken80168/
Sturcken80100/
Stuerken8016/
Stirkn771/
Stuercken754/
Stirkienė751/
Steurcken750/
Sturkin7110/
Stirkin719/
Storkin717/
Storkyn712/
Shtorkin6741/
Shturkin6723/
Shtirkin672/
Shturkina636/
Ştirkin571/
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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 Stürken
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