Stürm Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Stürm Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 132 | 1:62,219 | 7,689 |
| Germany | 44 | 1:1,829,670 | 103,431 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Sturm (55,793) & Šturm (1,477) are calculated separately.
Stürm Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stürm Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Stürm is most common in Switzerland. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Sturm or Šturm. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Stürm? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,248,410th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Stürm are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in Switzerland, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 62,219. In Switzerland it is primarily found in: Canton of St Gallen, where 33 percent reside, Canton of Zürich, where 31 percent reside and Canton of Thurgau, where 28 percent reside. Excluding Switzerland this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 24 percent reside and Denmark, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sturm | 93 | 55,793 | / |
| Šturm | 87 | 1,477 | / |
| Storm | 80 | 35,837 | / |
| Stirm | 80 | 554 | / |
| Shtorm | 73 | 1,689 | / |
| Shturm | 73 | 390 | / |
| Stourm | 73 | 282 | / |
| Sturme | 73 | 267 | / |
| Szturm | 73 | 135 | / |
| Stuerm | 73 | 17 | / |
| Storrm | 73 | 13 | / |
| Sthurm | 73 | 12 | / |
| Stormm | 73 | 9 | / |
| Sztorm | 73 | 2 | / |
| Storhm | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sztirm | 73 | 1 | / |
| Stierm | 73 | 1 | / |
| Steurm | 73 | 0 | / |
| Stourme | 67 | 71 | / |
| D'Storm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shturme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stoorme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sturmová | 62 | 164 | / |
| Sturmova | 62 | 8 | / |
| Štorm | 60 | 8 | / |
| Ztorm | 60 | 6 | / |
| Štirm | 60 | 6 | / |
| Shturmova | 57 | 10 | / |
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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 Stürm
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