# Sturm (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,242 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,832 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 33,407 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (9,017 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Sturm.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sturm 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sturm in Germany, Austria and the United States.

## People named Sturm

- Lacey Sturm, American singer
- Saint Sturm, Austrian saint
- Hanna Sturm, Austrian politician (1891-1984)
- Christoph Christian Sturm, author
- Philipp Sturm, association football player

## Similar surnames

Storm, Strom, Strohm, Strum, Strahm, Storms, Stroman, Stormer, Sturman, Starmer, Sturmer, Strong.

## 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.