Sturny Surname

531,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 608 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Sturny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sturny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland3821:21,5003,428
France1601:415,14260,629
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Sweden171:579,22142,433
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
England11:55,718,059489,080
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Sturny Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sturny is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sturny? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 531,574th most common last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,986,095 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Sturny are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 78 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Sturny is most prevalent in Switzerland, where it is carried by 382 people, or 1 in 21,500. In Switzerland it is most frequent in: Canton of Fribourg, where 74 percent reside, Canton of Bern, where 9 percent reside and Canton of Vaud, where 7 percent reside. Barring Switzerland Sturny exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 26 percent reside and Germany, where 5 percent reside.

Sturny Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sturny has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Sturny surname declined 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sturney92105/
Szturny9211/
Sturni83186/
Sturne8323/
Storny839/
Sturna835/
Sturner77325/
Sturnes7718/
Sturnip7714/
Szturna779/
Storney774/
Steurna771/
Sturnio771/
Stuerne771/
Stourne771/
Stirney770/
Staurne770/
Sturnich7166/
Staurnes7118/
Stturner711/
Sturrner711/
Steurnes710/
Sturneer710/
Storni671,539/
Storne67107/
Stirne6722/
Sturionne6719/
Storna673/
Stürner62443/
Stornie627/
Shtorne626/
Stierne625/
Hstorni621/
Stornee620/
Stirnee620/

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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 Sturny
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