Sterm Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Sterm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sterm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1921:261,55621,457

Sterm Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sterm is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Sterm click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sterm? popularity and diffusion

Sterm is the 3,228,735th most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. Sterm is mostly found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Sterm live; 81 percent live in North America and 81 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 12,081,964. In The United States Sterm is primarily concentrated in: California, where 23 percent live, Illinois, where 17 percent live and Minnesota, where 10 percent live. Not including The United States this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 11 percent live and Liberia, where 3 percent live.

Sterm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sterm has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sterm surname declined 84 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sterm Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sterm surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Sterm earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.26% more than the national average, earning $47,575 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shterm914/
Szterm913/
Sterme912/
Stierm911/
Stearm911/
Steurm910/
Storm8035,837/
Stirm80554/
Strem80363/
Störm8054/
Starm8010/
Styrm801/
Shtorm731,689/
Østrem73980/
Streme7348/
Shtrem7325/
Strehm7314/
Storrm7313/
Stormm739/
Sztorm732/
Storhm732/
Stremm732/
Őstrem731/
Sztirm731/
Starmm730/
Stremme67417/
D'Storm671/
Strehem670/
Štorm608/
Ztorm606/
Štirm606/
Štrem601/

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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 Sterm
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