Sturm Surname
Approximately 55,793 people bear this surname
Sturm Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Storm.' No doubt a personal name; compare Frost, Winter, Snow, and, in later epoch, Christmas, Midwinter, &c.
Edmund Storm, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Hugo Storm, Norfolk, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameSturm Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 32,073 | 1:2,510 | 242 |
| United States | 13,575 | 1:26,700 | 3,349 |
| Austria | 4,097 | 1:2,078 | 168 |
| Netherlands | 1,088 | 1:15,521 | 2,351 |
| Brazil | 966 | 1:221,609 | 8,585 |
| France | 765 | 1:86,827 | 12,391 |
| Canada | 477 | 1:77,244 | 8,680 |
| Switzerland | 436 | 1:18,837 | 3,072 |
| Argentina | 276 | 1:154,867 | 13,073 |
| Israel | 244 | 1:35,072 | 4,895 |
| Belgium | 205 | 1:56,081 | 9,087 |
| Australia | 197 | 1:137,034 | 14,802 |
| Hungary | 193 | 1:50,862 | 5,423 |
| New Zealand | 185 | 1:24,477 | 4,275 |
| Italy | 132 | 1:463,308 | 48,643 |
| Luxembourg | 94 | 1:6,176 | 909 |
| Czechia | 84 | 1:126,589 | 20,289 |
| Poland | 80 | 1:475,109 | 47,696 |
| England | 76 | 1:733,132 | 40,828 |
| Thailand | 66 | 1:1,070,278 | 160,486 |
| Spain | 54 | 1:865,778 | 34,484 |
| Denmark | 44 | 1:128,289 | 11,616 |
| Sweden | 36 | 1:273,521 | 18,976 |
| Estonia | 35 | 1:37,766 | 7,217 |
| Croatia | 26 | 1:162,639 | 21,299 |
| Uruguay | 25 | 1:137,270 | 12,322 |
| Norway | 20 | 1:257,114 | 27,149 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Slovenia | 18 | 1:138,204 | 13,237 |
| Paraguay | 16 | 1:452,297 | 6,189 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| Chile | 11 | 1:1,601,498 | 26,155 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Saint Lucia | 3 | 1:59,594 | 2,472 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,302 | 1:38,570 | 4,569 |
The alternate forms: Šturm (1,477) & Stürm (185) are calculated separately.
Sturm (45) may also be a first name.
Sturm Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Storm.' No doubt a personal name; compare Frost, Winter, Snow, and, in later epoch, Christmas, Midwinter, &c.
Edmund Storm, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Hugo Storm, Norfolk, ibid.
Agnes Storme, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1643. Baptised — Oliver, s. Henrye Storme: St. James, Clerkenwell.
A rare current surname recorded in Nairn. Thomas Storme occupied the tack of Dowalye in 1507 (Rent. Dunk., p. 28). William Storm appears in Tanzie of Boharm, 1784 (Moray). Recorded in English Hundred Rolls, 1273, and Harrison gives it as a personal name.
(Storm).
(Ger.) Storm [O.H Ger. sturm] Eng, Storm.
(German) One who was stormy and excitable; one who engaged in combat.
(from a place name) Sturm has no connection with the German “storm.” It is taken from the town of Szrem, near Posen, Poland. In Yiddish the town was called Strim and was often also pronounced Sturm.
Corresponds with the Old German personal name Sturm. Ferguson.
Sturm Demographics
Average Sturm Salary in
United States
$46,699 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sturm Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sturm Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sturm (Russian: Стурм) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also occur as: Šturm or Stürm. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sturm? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,088th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 130,618 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Sturm live; 69 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Germanic Europe. Sturm is also the 1,504,468th most frequently used given name in the world, held by 45 people.
Sturm is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 32,073 people, or 1 in 2,510. In Germany it is primarily found in: Bavaria, where 24 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent live. Besides Germany Sturm is found in 87 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent live and Austria, where 7 percent live.
Sturm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sturm has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,043 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 633 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sturm Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sturm surname are 13.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.62% registered with the political party.
The amount Sturm earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 14.89% more than the national average, earning 397,614 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 52.78% more than the national average, earning R 363,060 per year; in United States they earn 8.23% more than the national average, earning $46,699 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.79% more than the national average, earning $59,019 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šturm | 93 | 1,477 | / |
| Stürm | 93 | 185 | / |
| Shturm | 91 | 390 | / |
| Stourm | 91 | 282 | / |
| Sturme | 91 | 267 | / |
| Szturm | 91 | 135 | / |
| Stuerm | 91 | 17 | / |
| Sthurm | 91 | 12 | / |
| Steurm | 91 | 0 | / |
| Stourme | 83 | 71 | / |
| Shturme | 83 | 1 | / |
| Storm | 80 | 35,837 | / |
| Stirm | 80 | 554 | / |
| Sturmová | 77 | 164 | / |
| Sturmova | 77 | 8 | / |
| Shtorm | 73 | 1,689 | / |
| Storrm | 73 | 13 | / |
| Stormm | 73 | 9 | / |
| Sztorm | 73 | 2 | / |
| Storhm | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sztirm | 73 | 1 | / |
| Stierm | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shturmova | 71 | 10 | / |
| Stoorme | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'Storm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Šturmová | 62 | 799 | / |
| Šturmova | 62 | 2 | / |
| Štorm | 60 | 8 | / |
| Ztorm | 60 | 6 | / |
| Štirm | 60 | 6 | / |
Sturm Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sturm in the Russian language | ||
| Стурм | sturm | - |
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Sturm Reference & Research
Storm DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Stirm FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
Storm FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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