Sturdy Surname

145,582nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,049 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Sturdy Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the sturdy,' the strongly rash or inconsiderate (v. Skeat on sturdy, showing how the meaning of the word has changed). Middle English sturdi.

Hamond Sturdi, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

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Sturdy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5111:36,8754,831
United States8651:419,02836,348
Canada2491:147,97415,147
Australia2211:122,15213,424
Wales671:46,1874,386
Northern Ireland351:52,7154,341
Scotland341:157,4659,168
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
China21:683,660,78330,601
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
France11:66,422,722504,397
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland291:152,7548,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9101:26,7863,670
Scotland331:113,4315,331
Wales101:156,8426,008
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1991:252,35520,860

Sturdy (46) may also be a first name.

Sturdy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the sturdy,' the strongly rash or inconsiderate (v. Skeat on sturdy, showing how the meaning of the word has changed). Middle English sturdi.

Hamond Sturdi, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter Sturdi, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Robertus Sturdy, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1618. Buried — Dyana, wife of James Sturdy: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1787. Married — Thomas Atkinson Sturdy and Ann Wood: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

From ME. sturdi, obstinate rash

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

(A. - French -?Latin) Sturdy; orig. Rash, Reckless [Middle English sturdi. Old French estourdi (French étourdi, giddy, thoughtless); of uncertain but prob. Latin orig.] Walter Sturdi.—Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The name of Sturdy was represented by Sturdi in Hunts and Oxfordshire in the 13th century (H. R.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Sturdy Last Name Facts

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

Sturdy is found in England more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sturdy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sturdy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 145,582nd most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,390,143 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Sturdy are found; 54 percent are found in Northern Europe and 54 percent are found in British Isles. Sturdy is also the 1,484,914th most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 46 people.

Sturdy is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 1,511 people, or 1 in 36,875. In England it is most frequent in: North Yorkshire, where 16 percent are found, Greater London, where 9 percent are found and West Midlands, where 6 percent are found. Besides England this last name is found in 32 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.

Sturdy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sturdy has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Sturdy last name expanded 166 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 435 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 670 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 103 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Sturdy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Anglican (34%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Sturdy surname are 14.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.47% registered with the party.

The amount Sturdy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 71.42% less than the national average, earning R 67,920 per year; in United States they earn 1.67% more than the national average, earning $43,869 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2% more than the national average, earning $50,678 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sturdey9242/
Sturday9224/
Staurday864/
Stordy83322/
Sturda83104/
Sturde8356/
Sturdi831/
Sturdee77197/
Sturdes774/
Sturdis771/
Sturdio771/
Sturdie770/
Staurder713/
Storde6719/
Stirde678/
Stordi672/
Stoerdeh571/

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