Sture Surname
Approximately 1,125 people bear this surname
Sture Surname Definition:
1 (16th cent. Stuer), a West. English form of Steer, q.v.
"Thee art lick [like] a skittish sture."— Exmoor Scolding, 1. 49.
See also ‘Notes on the Sture Family of England’, by Rev. W. H. Hornby Steer (Reprint from The Antiquary, 1887), who would like to connect both ‘Sture’ and ‘Steer’ with Old Norse styrr, ‘a stir’, ‘tumult’.
Read More About This SurnameSture Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 429 | 1:4,779 | 666 |
| Norway | 374 | 1:13,749 | 1,580 |
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| United States | 43 | 1:8,429,278 | 367,833 |
| Russia | 32 | 1:4,503,846 | 209,401 |
| Sweden | 28 | 1:351,670 | 24,678 |
| Wales | 27 | 1:114,612 | 8,773 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Ukraine | 11 | 1:4,138,427 | 206,719 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 55 | 1:443,189 | 25,511 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 78 | 1:643,829 | 42,510 |
The alternate forms: Stūre (1) are calculated separately.
Sture (7,012) may also be a first name.
Sture Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
1 (16th cent. Stuer), a West. English form of Steer, q.v.
"Thee art lick [like] a skittish sture."— Exmoor Scolding, 1. 49.
See also ‘Notes on the Sture Family of England’, by Rev. W. H. Hornby Steer (Reprint from The Antiquary, 1887), who would like to connect both ‘Sture’ and ‘Steer’ with Old Norse styrr, ‘a stir’, ‘tumult’.
2 = Stour, q.v.
Sture Demographics
Average Sture Salary in
United States
$53,183 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sture Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sture Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sture (Russian: Стуре) is held by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Stūre. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sture? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 329,447th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 6,477,819 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Sture are found; 84 percent are found in Northern Europe and 39 percent are found in Baltic Europe. Sture is also the 77,458th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 7,012 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is carried by 429 people, or 1 in 4,779. In Latvia Sture is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 61 percent are found, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 11 percent are found and Vidzeme, where 10 percent are found. Barring Latvia this surname is found in 27 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 33 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.
Sture Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sture has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Sture surname contracted 9 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 45 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sture Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sture are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sture earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 1.18% less than the national average, earning 342,006 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 78.97% less than the national average, earning R 49,968 per year; in United States they earn 23.25% more than the national average, earning $53,183 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.83% more than the national average, earning $55,559 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sture Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sture in the Russian language | ||
| Стуре | sture | - |
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