Sterner Surname

47,954th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,770 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sterner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sterner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,0001:51,7806,239
Sweden1,8061:5,452513
Germany1,2211:65,9348,433
Austria1721:49,5087,848
Canada1311:281,26426,302
Norway1101:46,7486,702
Denmark611:92,5368,820
Hungary461:213,39717,734
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Israel291:295,09125,768
England191:2,932,529101,561
Argentina171:2,514,318114,515
Czechia141:759,53467,321
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
France51:13,284,544357,392
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
China41:341,830,39216,990
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4151:35,4904,216

The alternate forms: Šterner (20) & Sternér (7) are calculated separately.

Sterner (34) may also be a first name.

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
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