Sturland Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Andorra

Sturland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sturland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England841:663,31038,317
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:870,54937,307

Sturland Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sturland occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sturland? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sturland is the 1,882,912th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. The surname Sturland is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Sturland live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Sturland is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 663,310. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Dorset, where 29 percent reside, East Sussex, where 21 percent reside and Staffordshire, where 18 percent reside. Not including England this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 6 percent reside and New Zealand, where 2 percent reside.

Sturland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sturland has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Sturland surname rose 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Staurland94127/
Stuurland9433/
Sturlan935/
Stirland881,059/
Storland8831/
Stourlan882/
Šturlan80155/
Sturlong755/
Shturlanova741/
Storlon671/
Storlein632/
Stoerlein597/
Stoerrlein567/

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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 Sturland
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