Stürm Surname

1,248,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Stürm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stürm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland1321:62,2197,689
Germany441:1,829,670103,431
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sturm9355,793/
Šturm871,477/
Storm8035,837/
Stirm80554/
Shtorm731,689/
Shturm73390/
Stourm73282/
Sturme73267/
Szturm73135/
Stuerm7317/
Storrm7313/
Sthurm7312/
Stormm739/
Sztorm732/
Storhm732/
Sztirm731/
Stierm731/
Steurm730/
Stourme6771/
D'Storm671/
Shturme671/
Stoorme671/
Sturmová62164/
Sturmova628/
Štorm608/
Ztorm606/
Štirm606/
Shturmova5710/

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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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  • 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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