Sturve Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Sturve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 40 | 1:246,169 | 17,052 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Sturve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sturve Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sturve occurs in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sturve? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,944,094th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Sturve is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Sturve are found; 95 percent are found in Northern Europe and 93 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 246,169. In Sweden it is most numerous in: Stockholm County, where 25 percent reside, Östergötland County, where 20 percent reside and Västra Götaland County, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Sweden Sturve is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Sturve Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sturve has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sturve last name contracted 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sturvey | 92 | 0 | / |
| Stuerve | 92 | 0 | / |
| Steurve | 92 | 0 | / |
| Storve | 83 | 5 | / |
| Sturbe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Sturwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Stourbe | 77 | 367 | / |
| Sturber | 77 | 28 | / |
| Sturbej | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sturbie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sturvis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sturbee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sturvist | 71 | 24 | / |
| Stouruer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sturba | 67 | 733 | / |
| Sturby | 67 | 166 | / |
| Sturwa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sturbi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Storue | 67 | 3 | / |
| Storvy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Storva | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shturba | 62 | 260 | / |
| Šturbej | 62 | 173 | / |
| Sturbois | 57 | 707 | / |
| Sturbist | 57 | 4 | / |
| Sturbich | 57 | 2 | / |
| Sturbait | 57 | 1 | / |
| Sturbitts | 53 | 6 | / |
| Storby | 50 | 71 | / |
| Storba | 50 | 3 | / |
| Storbi | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sturve
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