How common is the surname Sturgeon?

9,007 people in the United States had the surname Sturgeon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,278 Americans. It ranked 3,950th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sturgeon?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Sturgeon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sturgeon?

Theodore Sturgeon, American speculative fiction writer (1918–1985), followed by Daniel Sturgeon.

Where is the surname Sturgeon most common?

Wikidata records people named Sturgeon in the United States.

Is the surname Sturgeon getting more or less common?

More common. 8,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,007 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Sturgeon

A surname, carried by 9,007 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sturgeon is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

* (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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,007 people named Sturgeon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,278 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,710.

#3,950

rank among US surnames

9,007

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,741)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,942	Moreira	9,037	34,165
#3,943	Moreau	9,035	34,172
#3,944	Halstead	9,027	34,202
#3,945	Sanabria	9,026	34,206
#3,947	Goble	9,022	34,221
#3,948	Crutchfield	9,019	34,233
#3,949	Loza	9,011	34,263

Who is named Sturgeon

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named Sturgeon identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sturgeons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sturgeon

Sturgeon has the Soundex code S362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S362.

Questions

Where does the surname Sturgeon come from?: * (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.
How common is the surname Sturgeon?: 9,007 people in the United States had the surname Sturgeon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,278 Americans. It ranked 3,950th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sturgeon?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Sturgeon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sturgeon?: Theodore Sturgeon, American speculative fiction writer (1918–1985), followed by Daniel Sturgeon.
Where is the surname Sturgeon most common?: Wikidata records people named Sturgeon in the United States.
Is the surname Sturgeon getting more or less common?: More common. 8,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,007 in 2010, up 3.4%.