How common is the surname Sturgis?

5,885 people in the United States had the surname Sturgis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,463 Americans. It ranked 5,863rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sturgis getting more or less common?

More common. 5,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,885 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Sturgis

A Norse surname, carried by 5,885 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). Sturgis is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

From the Old Norse personal name Þorgils, composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) + gils (“hostage, pledge”). The initial s- is not explained.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,885 people named Sturgis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,463 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,799.

#5,863

rank among US surnames

5,885

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,507)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,854	Boatman	5,899	52,339
#5,855	Blakley	5,898	52,347
#5,856	Lao	5,897	52,356
#5,857	Malinowski	5,895	52,374
#5,858	Markle	5,893	52,392
#5,859	Teeter	5,892	52,401
#5,860	Decarlo	5,889	52,427

Who is named Sturgis

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

66% of people named Sturgis identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Sturges
Sturgess

Surnames that sound like Sturgis

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

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sturgis come from?: From the Old Norse personal name Þorgils, composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) + gils (“hostage, pledge”). The initial s- is not explained.
How common is the surname Sturgis?: 5,885 people in the United States had the surname Sturgis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,463 Americans. It ranked 5,863rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sturgis?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Sturgis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Sturgis getting more or less common?: More common. 5,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,885 in 2010, up 1.5%.
What are other spellings of Sturgis?: Sturges and Sturgess.