Stürken Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Stürken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Stürken Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1401:575,03946,885
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

The alternate forms: Sturken (150) are calculated separately.

Stürken Last Name Facts

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

Stürken is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Sturken. For other possible spellings of Stürken click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stürken? popularity and diffusion

Stürken is the 1,491,356th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Stürken reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 575,039. In Germany Stürken is mostly found in: Bremen, where 48 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 30 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Germany Stürken is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside.

Stürken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Stürken has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Stürken surname contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sturken95150/
Stürcken9395/
Storken86130/
Stirken8693/
Storcken80168/
Sturcken80100/
Stuerken8016/
Stirkn771/
Stuercken754/
Stirkienė751/
Steurcken750/
Sturkin7110/
Stirkin719/
Storkin717/
Storkyn712/
Shtorkin6741/
Shturkin6723/
Shtirkin672/
Shturkina636/
Ştirkin571/
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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 Stürken
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