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 borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Šterner or Sternér. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sterner? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 47,954th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 676,652 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 40 percent of Sterner live; 39 percent live in North America and 39 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 34 people.
It is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 7,000 people, or 1 in 51,780. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 7 percent are found, Maryland, where 6 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Outside of The United States it is found in 42 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 17 percent are found and Germany, where 11 percent are found.
Sterner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sterner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sterner surname rose 495 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 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 with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.58% being registered to vote for the 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