Sturm Surname

10,088th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55,793 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

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.

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Sturm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany32,0731:2,510242
United States13,5751:26,7003,349
Austria4,0971:2,078168
Netherlands1,0881:15,5212,351
Brazil9661:221,6098,585
France7651:86,82712,391
Canada4771:77,2448,680
Switzerland4361:18,8373,072
Argentina2761:154,86713,073
Israel2441:35,0724,895
Belgium2051:56,0819,087
Australia1971:137,03414,802
Hungary1931:50,8625,423
New Zealand1851:24,4774,275
Italy1321:463,30848,643
Luxembourg941:6,176909
Czechia841:126,58920,289
Poland801:475,10947,696
England761:733,13240,828
Thailand661:1,070,278160,486
Spain541:865,77834,484
Denmark441:128,28911,616
Sweden361:273,52118,976
Estonia351:37,7667,217
Croatia261:162,63921,299
Uruguay251:137,27012,322
Norway201:257,11427,149
Russia191:7,585,424283,555
Slovenia181:138,20413,237
Paraguay161:452,2976,189
Philippines161:6,327,389184,366
Ireland141:336,35312,021
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Chile111:1,601,49826,155
China91:151,924,6187,954
Kazakhstan81:2,210,31295,036
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Saint Lucia31:59,5942,472
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3021:38,5704,569

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

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.

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

(Storm).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Ger.) Storm [O.H Ger. sturm] Eng, Storm.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) One who was stormy and excitable; one who engaged in combat.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(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.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Corresponds with the Old German personal name Sturm. Ferguson.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Sturm Last Name Facts

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

Sturm (Russian: Стурм) is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Šturm or Stürm. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sturm? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,088th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 130,618 people. The surname Sturm occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Sturm live; 69 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequent forename on earth It is held by 45 people.

This surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 32,073 people, or 1 in 2,510. In Germany Sturm is most common in: Bavaria, where 24 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent are found. Barring Germany this surname exists in 87 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Austria, where 7 percent are found.

Sturm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sturm has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sturm surname grew 1,043 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 633 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sturm Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sturm last name are 13.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.62% registered with the 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šturm931,477/
Stürm93185/
Shturm91390/
Stourm91282/
Sturme91267/
Szturm91135/
Stuerm9117/
Sthurm9112/
Steurm910/
Stourme8371/
Shturme831/
Storm8035,837/
Stirm80554/
Sturmová77164/
Sturmova778/
Shtorm731,689/
Storrm7313/
Stormm739/
Sztorm732/
Storhm732/
Sztirm731/
Stierm731/
Shturmova7110/
Stoorme671/
D'Storm671/
Šturmová62799/
Šturmova622/
Štorm608/
Ztorm606/
Štirm606/

Sturm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sturm in the Russian language
Стурмsturm-

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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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