Sterman Surname

412,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 845 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sterman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sterman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5931:611,22949,598
Brazil591:3,628,379101,412
Sweden391:252,48117,476
Argentina341:1,257,15973,489
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
England211:2,653,24194,788
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Kazakhstan81:2,210,31295,036
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Panama41:978,06412,245
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1001:502,18735,305

The alternate forms: Šterman (143) are calculated separately.

Sterman (40) may also be a first name.

Sterman Last Name Facts

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

Sterman (Russian: Стерман) is most common in The United States. It can be found as: Šterman. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sterman? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 412,606th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,624,315 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Sterman live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,614,485th most widely held given name in the world. It is borne by 40 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 593 people, or 1 in 611,229. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 23 percent live, Florida, where 16 percent live and California, where 15 percent live. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 7 percent live and Sweden, where 5 percent live.

Sterman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sterman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sterman surname expanded 593 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 111 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sterman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sterman last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

The amount Sterman earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 28.14% more than the national average, earning $55,293 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.56% more than the national average, earning $68,344 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sterman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sterman in the Russian language
Стерманsterman-

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Sterman Reference & Research

Sturman FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Sterman
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