# Sturtevant (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,770 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,383 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 111,460 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.4% (2,809 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sturtevant 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sturtevant in the United States.

## People named Sturtevant

- Alfred Sturtevant, American biologist (1891–1970)
- Edward Lewis Sturtevant, Agronomist and botanist (1842-1898)
- Elaine Sturtevant, American artist (1924-2014)
- Edgar Howard Sturtevant, American linguist (1875–1952)
- Allie Haze, American pornographic performer (b. 1987)

## Similar surnames

Sturdivant, Sturdevant, Stuart, Streetman, Sturtz, Strate, Strutt, Stewart, Stroud, Stratton, Steward, Street.

## 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.