How common is the surname Sturm?

9,242 people in the United States had the surname Sturm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,407 Americans. It ranked 3,832nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sturm?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sturm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sturm?

Lacey Sturm, American singer, followed by Saint Sturm.

Where is the surname Sturm most common?

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

Is the surname Sturm getting more or less common?

More common. 9,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,242 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Sturm

A German surname, carried by 9,242 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S365

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

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Sturm.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,242 people named Sturm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,407 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,017.

#3,832

rank among US surnames

9,242

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,620)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,823	Bourne	9,270	33,306
#3,824	Hanes	9,268	33,313
#3,825	Ruggiero	9,263	33,331
#3,826	Fitzsimmons	9,260	33,342
#3,827	Luis	9,255	33,360
#3,828	Bobo	9,254	33,363
#3,829	Rueda	9,253	33,367

Who is named Sturm

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

95% of people named Sturm identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sturms

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lacey Sturm
American singer, born 1981
Saint Sturm
Austrian saint, 704–779
Hanna Sturm
Austrian politician (1891-1984)
Christoph Christian Sturm
Author, 1740–1786
Philipp Sturm
Association football player, born 1999

Notable Sturms come mostly from Germany (2), Austria (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sturm

Sturm has the Soundex code S365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S365.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sturm come from?: Borrowed from German Sturm.
How common is the surname Sturm?: 9,242 people in the United States had the surname Sturm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,407 Americans. It ranked 3,832nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sturm?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sturm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sturm?: Lacey Sturm, American singer, followed by Saint Sturm.
Where is the surname Sturm most common?: Wikidata records people named Sturm in Germany, Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Sturm getting more or less common?: More common. 9,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,242 in 2010, up 2.5%.