Sterz Surname
Approximately 1,397 people bear this surname
Sterz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,131 | 1:71,181 | 9,054 |
| Austria | 97 | 1:87,788 | 12,982 |
| Brazil | 43 | 1:4,978,473 | 128,213 |
| Argentina | 37 | 1:1,155,227 | 69,250 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Czechia | 16 | 1:664,592 | 62,292 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Šterz (2) are calculated separately.
Sterz Demographics
Average Sterz Salary in
United States
$61,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sterz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sterz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sterz occurs most in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms: Šterz. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sterz? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sterz is the 277,333rd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,216,568 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Sterz live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 1,131 people, or 1 in 71,181. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent live, Bavaria, where 11 percent live and Brandenburg, where 9 percent live. Not including Germany Sterz occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 7 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.
Sterz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sterz has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 180 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sterz Last Name Statistics demography
Sterz earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 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 Sterz
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