# Sturgeon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sturgeon/  
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) | 9,007 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,950 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,278 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (8,710 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* (surname): * (submarine): Named after the fish, the sturgeon. The first boat of the class was the USS Sturgeon (SSN-637), the Sturgeon-class was named after the lead boat. The boats of the class are referred to by the class name.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sturgeon 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sturgeon in the United States.

## People named Sturgeon

- Theodore Sturgeon, American speculative fiction writer (1918–1985)
- Daniel Sturgeon, American politician (1789-1878)

## Similar surnames

Sturgill, Sturgis, Sturges, Straughn, Sturrock, Strickland, Stark, Starks, Starkey, Strauss, Stowers, Strickler.

## 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.