Sternheim Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Sternheim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sternheim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1161:3,124,646180,867
Israel701:122,25213,395
Netherlands481:351,81639,430
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Argentina151:2,849,561122,961
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
England31:18,572,686338,250
France31:22,140,907385,998
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Sternheim Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sternheim Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sternheim is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Sternheim click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sternheim? popularity and diffusion

It is the 891,661st most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. The last name Sternheim is mostly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Sternheim live; 39 percent live in North America and 39 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Sternheim is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 3,124,646. In The United States Sternheim is primarily found in: New York, where 48 percent reside, New Jersey, where 13 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Excluding The United States it exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 23 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 16 percent reside.

Sternheim Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sternheim has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sternheim surname rose 1,160 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sternheim Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sternheim are 2.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.56% registered with the political party.

Sternheim earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.3% less than the national average, earning $41,726 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Sternheim
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