Sterner Surname
Approximately 10,770 people bear this surname
Sterner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,000 | 1:51,780 | 6,239 |
| Sweden | 1,806 | 1:5,452 | 513 |
| Germany | 1,221 | 1:65,934 | 8,433 |
| Austria | 172 | 1:49,508 | 7,848 |
| Canada | 131 | 1:281,264 | 26,302 |
| Norway | 110 | 1:46,748 | 6,702 |
| Denmark | 61 | 1:92,536 | 8,820 |
| Hungary | 46 | 1:213,397 | 17,734 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Israel | 29 | 1:295,091 | 25,768 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,415 | 1:35,490 | 4,216 |
The alternate forms: Šterner (20) & Sternér (7) are calculated separately.
Sterner (34) may also be a first name.
Sterner Demographics
Average Male Sterner Height
176.1 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sterner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sterner Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sterner is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear as a variant: Šterner or Sternér. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sterner? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sterner is the 47,954th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 676,652 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 40 percent of Sterner are found; 39 percent are found in North America and 39 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 34 people.
The surname Sterner is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 7,000 people, or 1 in 51,780. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 7 percent are found, Maryland, where 6 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Aside from The United States it exists in 42 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 17 percent are found and Germany, where 11 percent are found.
Sterner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sterner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sterner last name increased 495 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 475 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sterner Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sterner surname are 16.81% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.58% being registered with the political party.
The amount Sterner earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 5.15% less than the national average, earning 328,246 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.19% less than the national average, earning $41,772 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.51% more than the national average, earning $54,410 CAD per year.
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Sterner Reference & Research
Sterner 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 Sterner
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis