Sternberg Surname

35,732nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,770 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Sternberg Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Sternberg (star mountain), the name of ten places in Germany.

Sternberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,1111:59,3137,012
Germany5,1891:15,5152,040
Israel1,6081:5,322792
South Africa3181:170,37018,934
Australia2921:92,45110,569
England2001:278,59021,737
Denmark1711:33,0103,416
Canada1601:230,28522,082
Argentina1151:371,68228,832
France1101:603,84379,953
Brazil1081:1,982,17063,074
Sweden1051:93,7796,818
Switzerland311:264,93321,684
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
Chile231:765,93416,989
Austria221:387,06540,442
Finland201:274,83520,939
Belgium181:638,70256,744
Czechia141:759,53467,321
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Norway101:514,22941,629
United States Virgin Islands91:12,2641,665
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
China31:455,773,85521,925
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Macau11:601,6301,582
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:541,67528,673
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4821:104,18810,499

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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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