# Struve (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/struve/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,124 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,791 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 274,685 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (1,097 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Struve in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Struve in the Russian Empire, Duchy of Holstein, the United States and the German Empire.

## People named Struve

- Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Baltic German astronomer (1793–1864)
- Otto Struve, Baltic German astronomer (1897–1963)
- Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Baltic German astronomer (1819–1905)
- Hermann Struve, Baltic German astronomer (1854–1920)
- Ludwig Struve, Baltic German astronomer (1858-1920)

## Similar surnames

Straub, Stroup, Strobel, Struble, Stroupe, Strope, Stroble, Strube, Strub, Satterfield, Stribling, Soderberg.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.