Sternke Surname

657,184th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 458 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Sternke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sternke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2901:277,60529,221
United States1531:2,369,013146,433
Paraguay111:657,8867,708
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Sternke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sternke is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sternke? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sternke is the 657,184th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 15,911,672 people. The last name Sternke is predominantly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Sternke reside; 64 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 290 people, or 1 in 277,605. In Germany Sternke is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found, Berlin, where 16 percent are found and Bremen, where 12 percent are found. Barring Germany this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Paraguay, where 2 percent are found.

Sternke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sternke has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,177 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sternke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sternke surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.

Sternke earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.31% more than the national average, earning $49,754 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
  • 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 Sternke
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