Sterks Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Sterks Surname User-submission:

The Sterks surname means 'strong' in Dutch.

Sterks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1131:149,44422,442
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Sterks Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Sterks surname means 'strong' in Dutch.

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Sterks Last Name Facts

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

Sterks (Russian: Стеркс) occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sterks? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sterks is the 1,674,734th most widespread last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. The last name Sterks is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Sterks are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 149,444. In The Netherlands Sterks is primarily found in: North Brabant, where 88 percent live, Groningen, where 6 percent live and Drenthe, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and Russia, where 1 percent live.

Sterks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sterks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sterks surname decreased 43 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sterkse92147/
Stercks9240/
Staerks920/
Stierks920/
Starks8325,045/
Storks83152/
Sterkx8343/
Stirks839/
Sterckx774,629/
Storcks7795/
Storkås7795/
Starcks7712/
Starkås773/
Stairks773/
Starkss773/
Stirkss771/
Sterkcx771/
Hstarks771/
Sterckz771/
Storrks770/
Stierchs711/
Sterkckx711/
Starkz677/
Štarks671/
Stercx671/
Storgs671/
Starcs670/
Stirkx670/
Starckx62127/
Streckx623/
Storchs621/
Starcsh620/
Starx551/

Sterks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sterks in the Russian language
Стерксsterks-

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