Sternberg Surname
Approximately 14,770 people bear this surname
Sternberg Surname Definition:
(German) One who came from Sternberg (star mountain), the name of ten places in Germany.
Sternberg Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,111 | 1:59,313 | 7,012 |
| Germany | 5,189 | 1:15,515 | 2,040 |
| Israel | 1,608 | 1:5,322 | 792 |
| South Africa | 318 | 1:170,370 | 18,934 |
| Australia | 292 | 1:92,451 | 10,569 |
| England | 200 | 1:278,590 | 21,737 |
| Denmark | 171 | 1:33,010 | 3,416 |
| Canada | 160 | 1:230,285 | 22,082 |
| Argentina | 115 | 1:371,682 | 28,832 |
| France | 110 | 1:603,843 | 79,953 |
| Brazil | 108 | 1:1,982,170 | 63,074 |
| Sweden | 105 | 1:93,779 | 6,818 |
| Switzerland | 31 | 1:264,933 | 21,684 |
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| Chile | 23 | 1:765,934 | 16,989 |
| Austria | 22 | 1:387,065 | 40,442 |
| Finland | 20 | 1:274,835 | 20,939 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 9 | 1:12,264 | 1,665 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 45 | 1:541,675 | 28,673 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 482 | 1:104,188 | 10,499 |
The alternate forms: Šternberg (21) are calculated separately.
Sternberg (32) may also be a first name.
Sternberg Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who came from Sternberg (star mountain), the name of ten places in Germany.
Sternberg Demographics
Average Sternberg Salary in
United States
$52,652 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sternberg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sternberg Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sternberg is most common in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms: Šternberg. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sternberg? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 35,732nd most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 493,402 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Sternberg are found; 41 percent are found in North America and 41 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 32 people.
Sternberg is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 6,111 people, or 1 in 59,313. In The United States Sternberg is primarily found in: New York, where 17 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Florida, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States Sternberg occurs in 61 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 35 percent live and Israel, where 11 percent live.
Sternberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sternberg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sternberg surname grew 1,268 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 444 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sternberg Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sternberg surname are 39.73% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.96% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sternberg earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.35% more than the national average, earning 395,753 kr per year; in Peru they earn 145.97% more than the national average, earning S/. 47,682 per year; in South Africa they earn 6.63% less than the national average, earning R 221,892 per year; in United States they earn 22.02% more than the national average, earning $52,652 USD per year and in Canada they earn 64.22% more than the national average, earning $81,588 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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