Sturber Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Sturber Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sturber Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Stürber (35) are calculated separately.

Sturber Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sturber is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Stürber. For other potential spellings of Sturber click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sturber? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,730,171st most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Sturber are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Sturber is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 3,096,364. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Sturber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sturber has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stürber9535/
Sturbe925/
Sthurbert882/
Stourbe86367/
Stirber8660/
Sturbej863/
Sturbie861/
Sturbee861/
Stoerber801/
Stouruer800/
Sturba77733/
Sturby77166/
Sturve7744/
Sturbi775/
Shturba71260/
Šturbej71173/
Sturvey710/
Steurve710/
Sturbois67707/
Sturbist674/
Sturbich672/
Sturbait671/
Sturbitts636/
Storby6271/
Storba623/
Storbi621/
Šturbaj5715/
Sztorba571/

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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
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  • 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 Sturber
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