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    The surname Sturmer

    A surname, carried by 247 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S365

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sturmer is more common than 52.2% of them.

    Origin

    The village was recorded as Sturmere in 1086 ( DB), a pool on the River Stour, which is on the eastern boundary of the parish.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 247 people named Sturmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,249,982 Americans. That is down 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 299.

    #77,522
    rank among US surnames
    247
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -17.4%
    change since 2000 (was #62,577)

    Who is named Sturmer

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

    98% of people named Sturmer identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sturmers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Christina Stürmer
      Austrian singer, born 1982
    • Paulo Josué
      Brazilian-Malaysian footballer, born 1989

    Notable Sturmers come mostly from Austria (1) and Malaysia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sturmer

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sturmer come from?
    The village was recorded as Sturmere in 1086 ( DB), a pool on the River Stour, which is on the eastern boundary of the parish.
    How common is the surname Sturmer?
    247 people in the United States had the surname Sturmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,249,982 Americans. It ranked 77,522nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sturmer?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Sturmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sturmer?
    Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer, followed by Paulo Josué.
    Where is the surname Sturmer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sturmer in Austria and Malaysia.
    Is the surname Sturmer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 247 in 2010, down 17%.