Sturtzer Surname

990,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Sturtzer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sturtzer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2511:264,63240,776
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Stürtzer (28) are calculated separately.

Sturtzer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sturtzer is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Stürtzer. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sturtzer.

How Common Is The Last Name Sturtzer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sturtzer is the 990,978th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. Sturtzer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Sturtzer reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 251 people, or 1 in 264,632. In France it is most prevalent in: Grand Est, where 67 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 10 percent live and Normandy, where 7 percent live. Outside of France this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Sturtzer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sturtzer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sturtzer surname grew 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stürtzer9628/
Sturzer9331/
Sturtze9328/
Stuerzer8828/
Stortzer882/
Stoertzer826/
Shturtser821/
Stürzer801,015/
Stürtze8029/
Sturdze801/
Storczer7551/
Stourdze7510/
Stirczer752/
Stürczer752/
Staurcher711/
Sturdza67123/
Storcer6727/
Stourdzé631/
Stortsjr631/
Štürcer535/

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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 Sturtzer
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