Storms Surname

44,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,649 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belgium

Storms Surname Definition:

Storm’s (Son): v. Storm.

Storms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,4201:48,8495,918
Belgium1,9161:6,000739
Netherlands7361:22,9453,682
Germany5911:136,21916,567
Canada5841:63,0927,380
Mexico991:1,253,80014,809
South Africa761:712,86550,752
Brazil371:5,785,793142,916
England351:1,591,94567,242
Australia341:793,99150,673
Venezuela321:943,87714,561
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Paraguay81:904,5939,127
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
France51:13,284,544357,392
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Wales51:313,68310,604
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7761:28,2763,464

Storms (28) may also be a first name.

Storms Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Storm’s (Son): v. Storm.

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

Storms Last Name Facts

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

The last name Storms is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Storms? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 44,604th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 625,594 people. Storms occurs mostly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Storms are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 28 people.

Storms is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 7,420 people, or 1 in 48,849. In The United States Storms is most numerous in: New York, where 11 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 48 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 16 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 6 percent reside.

Storms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Storms has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Storms surname increased 418 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 389 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Storms Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Storms surname are 20.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.38% being registered with the party.

The amount Storms earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 67.18% less than the national average, earning R 78,000 per year; in United States they earn 0.16% less than the national average, earning $43,078 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.74% more than the national average, earning $50,053 CAD per year.

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Storms Reference & Research

Storm DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Storm FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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