Sterlings Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Haiti

Sterlings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sterlings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Sterlings Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sterlings is found most frequently in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sterlings? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sterlings is the 5,391,485th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Sterlings are found; 92 percent are found in North America and 92 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 30,204,911. In The United States Sterlings is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 42 percent are found, Tennessee, where 17 percent are found and Florida, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States it is found in one country. It also occurs in Haiti, where 8 percent are found.

Sterlings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sterlings has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sterlings surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sterlings Last Name Statistics demography

Sterlings earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.49% less than the national average, earning $29,562 USD per year.

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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 Sterlings
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