Sturge Surname

241,541st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,654 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Sturge Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Thurgis or Turgis,' with prefixed 's'. The surname, like the early fontal name, is common to all parts of England.

Turgis (without surname), Lincolnshire, 10 Henry II: Pipe Roll.

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Sturge Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada6391:57,6616,811
England4951:112,56211,582
United States2771:1,308,51691,569
New Zealand711:63,7799,777
Trinidad and Tobago381:35,8943,529
Guyana381:20,0582,520
Australia311:870,82953,581
Panama211:186,2985,509
Saint Kitts and Nevis171:3,247437
Wales91:343,83718,086
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2341:104,16810,414
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States671:749,53347,599

Sturge (22) may also be a first name.

Sturge Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Thurgis or Turgis,' with prefixed 's'. The surname, like the early fontal name, is common to all parts of England.

Turgis (without surname), Lincolnshire, 10 Henry II: Pipe Roll.

Thurgis le Caldccote, Norfolk, temp. King John: History of Norfolk.

Thurgis (without surname), Lincolnshire, ibid.

Turgeus de Gorton, Suffolk, ibid.

Turgisius de Heredefeld, Kent, ibid.

William Thurgys, Wiltshire, ibid.

Adam Thurgis, Bedfordshire, ibid.

Richard Turgis, Wiltshire, ibid.

A century later s had stolen to the front:

Johannes Sturgys, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Sturgys, junior, 1379: ibid.

1626. Baptised — John, son of Sturges Sturgis: St. Dionis Backchurch.

The earlier and more correct form lingered on for several centuries.

1629. Buried — John Turges, son of Thomas Turges: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1646. Married — Thomas Langham and Sarah Turgis: ibid.

1666. Paul Bowes and Bridgett Sturges: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).

1785. Married — Thomas Sturgis and Sarah Whitmee: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

Is not an easy name, but it is apparently merely a voiced descendant of the Old English sterced-, ‘stern’, ‘stout’, ‘strong’ (seen in sterced-ferhð, 'stern, etc., -minded’, in the Old Northumbrian poem ‘Iudith’) [conn, with Old English stearc, rigid, stern, strong; and therefore with English ‘starch’]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the German, Storch; from the Flemish, Storck; from the Dutch, Sturk; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Sturge Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sturge occurs most in Canada. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sturge? popularity and diffusion

Sturge is the 241,541st most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 4,406,013 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Sturge reside; 54 percent reside in North America and 54 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 22 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Canada, where it is borne by 639 people, or 1 in 57,661. In Canada it is mostly found in: Newfoundland and Labrador, where 52 percent live, Ontario, where 22 percent live and Alberta, where 10 percent live. Apart from Canada this last name occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in England, where 30 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.

Sturge Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sturge has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 212 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 413 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 450 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sturge Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sturge surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% being registered with the party.

The amount Sturge earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.22% more than the national average, earning $44,107 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.56% less than the national average, earning $44,933 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sturges926,025/
Sturger923/
Sture911,125/
Sturgess866,573/
Sturgies8661/
Sturgues8610/
Sturgees862/
Sturgest861/
Sturdges860/
Sturrges860/
Steurges860/
Sturre83150/
Sturer83134/
Sturey8376/
Stuhre8358/
Sturçe8329/
Stures8327/
Sturze8324/
Sturga8313/
Shture8311/
Sturce838/
Sturie837/
Storge836/
Sturse832/
Sturet831/
Steure831/
Sturea831/
Sturep831/
Stured830/
Stoure830/
Sthure830/
Sturguess8084/
Sturdgess8031/
Steurgess801/
Stturgess801/
Sturgis777,422/
Steurer775,511/
Sturies7790/
Sturzea7761/
Steures7733/
Sturzer7731/
Sturrey7721/
Schture7718/
Sturcey772/
Stuhrer772/
Stourer771/
Sturgia771/
Sturgys771/
Sturrer771/
Sturrie771/
Sturser771/
Shturer771/
Staurer771/
Sturett770/
Sturret770/
Sturche770/
Steured770/
Sturjet770/
Store737,152/
Stura73696/
Stury7358/
Sturi7314/
Stūre731/
Sturgiss71437/
Staurset71168/
Sturzeis7194/
Sturrett7122/
Sturehed7111/
Sturggis713/
Sturrier712/
Sturgist712/
Sturchey711/
Sturdcee711/
Staurser711/
Shturetz711/
Storey6744,404/
Storie674,378/
Sturza673,226/
Steury67672/
Steuri67430/
Stouri67337/
Sturis67326/
Stursa67237/
Stürze67183/
Storre67150/
Staurseth6783/
Sztura6768/
Shtura6766/
Stauri6752/
Storga6736/
Sturzi6723/
Stoura6717/
Stoore6716/
Storye6714/
Storce6713/
Sztore6712/
Sturry6711/
Sturio679/
Stoere679/
Stoury678/
Sturit677/
Storeh675/
Storea674/
Sturys674/
Storee672/
Sturoy672/
Sturra672/
Stuhré672/
Sturzy672/
Chture671/
Stturi671/
Storse671/
Sturcy671/
Sturja671/
Staura671/
Staurcher671/
Stuury671/
Storgi671/
Sthuri671/
Sturri670/

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