Sterzing Surname

619,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 496 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Sterzing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sterzing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3591:224,24925,098
United States1101:3,295,081188,193
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Sterzing Last Name Facts

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

Sterzing is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sterzing? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 619,831st most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 14,692,633 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Sterzing are found; 76 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Sterzing is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 359 people, or 1 in 224,249. In Germany it is most common in: Thuringia, where 42 percent are found, Hesse, where 16 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent are found. Not including Germany Sterzing is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Switzerland, where 2 percent are found.

Sterzing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sterzing has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 550 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sterzing Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sterzing last name are 18.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.52% registered to vote for the political party.

Sterzing earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.59% more than the national average, earning $49,877 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 Sterzing
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