Storm Surname

15,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35,837 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Storm Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Storm.' No doubt a personal name; compare Frost, Winter, Snow, and, in later epoch, Christmas, Midwinter, &c.

Edmund Storm, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Hugo Storm, Norfolk, ibid.

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Storm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States14,1501:25,6153,223
Germany5,3011:15,1871,996
South Africa2,8671:18,8972,385
Netherlands2,8611:5,903637
Denmark2,5701:2,196165
Sweden1,8351:5,366506
Egypt8541:107,6538,985
Canada6421:57,3926,785
Australia6381:42,3135,401
Bangladesh5411:294,5608,696
England4321:128,97712,816
Norway4061:12,6661,441
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Finland2401:22,9033,195
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Belgium2331:49,3428,024
France2121:313,31547,708
Paraguay1841:39,3301,236
Argentina1321:323,81425,647
Austria1001:85,15412,686
Scotland901:59,4874,887
Brazil881:2,432,66374,473
New Zealand791:57,3219,018
Portugal751:138,9106,177
India721:10,653,686201,049
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Chile361:489,34612,617
China341:40,215,3402,154
Switzerland341:241,55620,206
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Wales281:110,5198,545
Spain271:1,731,55749,506
Thailand231:3,071,232294,953
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Philippines161:6,327,389184,366
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Liberia121:367,37819,503
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Iran111:6,980,229145,986
Vietnam111:8,422,3692,636
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Israel101:855,76354,181
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Syria51:3,860,20411,832
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Cambodia41:3,871,7869,580
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Guyana41:190,5559,777
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Malta41:107,5681,849
Mongolia41:706,32211,365
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Lesotho31:677,51919,546
Lithuania31:1,011,52932,308
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
British Virgin Islands21:15,797839
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Belize11:355,4743,977
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tonga11:107,313791
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2711:89,9469,346
Scotland1101:34,0292,769
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3011:21,8252,748

The alternate forms: Störm (54) & Štorm (8) are calculated separately.

Storm (3,202) may also be a first name.

Storm Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Storm.' No doubt a personal name; compare Frost, Winter, Snow, and, in later epoch, Christmas, Midwinter, &c.

Edmund Storm, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Hugo Storm, Norfolk, ibid.

Agnes Storme, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1643. Baptised — Oliver, s. Henrye Storme: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A rare current surname recorded in Nairn. Thomas Storme occupied the tack of Dowalye in 1507 (Rent. Dunk., p. 28). William Storm appears in Tanzie of Boharm, 1784 (Moray). Recorded in English Hundred Rolls, 1273, and Harrison gives it as a personal name.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Teutonic) a pers. name and nickname [from Middle English storm, Old English storm, m„ Old Norse storm-r, m. (= Dutch storm-Ger. sturm, M.Ger.also storm), a storm, uproar, tumult] Hugo Storm.—Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Storm (storm); variants of Sturm, q.v.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Corresponds with the Old German personal name Sturm. Ferguson.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

User-submitted Reference

The surname Stormy or Storm means 'one born on a stormy night', 'one born at sea during a storm', or 'one with a stormy temperament'.

Derived from Old English 7th century storm and Norse stormr. Has some roots in Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.

- madistormy

Storm Last Name Facts

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

The last name Storm (Arabic: استورم) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Störm or Štorm. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Storm? popularity and diffusion

The surname Storm is the 15,557th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 203,353 people. The surname Storm is mostly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Storm reside; 41 percent reside in North America and 41 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Storm is also the 126,887th most widely held given name globally It is held by 3,202 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 14,150 people, or 1 in 25,615. In The United States Storm is most frequent in: California, where 10 percent reside, Texas, where 7 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United States Storm exists in 121 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 15 percent reside and South Africa, where 8 percent reside.

Storm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Storm has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 615 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 159 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 18 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 2,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 1,600 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Storm Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Methodist (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (59%) in Russia.

In The United States Storm are 14.19% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.96% being registered with the party.

The amount Storm earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.82% more than the national average, earning 473,500 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 251.66% more than the national average, earning R 835,680 per year; in United States they earn 4.52% more than the national average, earning $45,100 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.29% less than the national average, earning $47,554 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Störm9354/
Štorm938/
Storme912,029/
Shtorm911,689/
Stourm91282/
Storrm9113/
Stormm919/
Sztorm912/
Storhm912/
Stormt911/
Stormd911/
Stourme8371/
Stormme834/
Sthorme833/
Stoorme831/
D'Storm831/
Sturm8055,793/
Stürm80185/
Sterm8037/
Starm8010/
Ztorm806/
Stormová7711/
Stormova774/
Shturm73390/
Sturme73267/
Szturm73135/
Sthurm7312/
Shterm734/
Szterm733/
Steurm730/
Starmm730/
Shturme671/
Sturmová62164/
Štormová6210/
Sturmova628/
Šturm601,477/
Shturmova5710/

Storm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Storm in the Arabic language
استورمastwrm-
ستورمstwrm-

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