Sterning Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sterning Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sterning Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden271:364,69525,646
United States191:19,076,786604,894
France21:33,211,361423,184
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Sterning Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sterning (Russian: Стернинг) is found most frequently in Sweden. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sterning? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sterning is the 2,746,821st most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of Sterning live; 54 percent live in Northern Europe and 54 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 364,695. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Skåne County, where 33 percent are found, Uppsala County, where 30 percent are found and Halland County, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Sweden Sterning occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 38 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.

Sterning Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sterning has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sterning surname expanded 633 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sterning Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sterning are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% registered with the political party.

Sterning earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.27% less than the national average, earning $34,833 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sternin93225/
Strening8838/
Sternina8829/
Sternäng8815/
Storning8814/
Shternin887/
Starning881/
Sterneng880/
Stirning880/
Shternina823/
Strenin80206/
Sternen8039/
Sternyn802/
Sternyna757/
Stirnina751/
Stiernen751/
Storrønning7440/
Storrönning745/
Stirnienė715/
Strenyn675/
Sternem670/
Strenhn670/

Sterning Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sterning in the Russian language
Стернингsterning-

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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 Sterning
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