How common is the surname Sturtevant?

2,770 people in the United States had the surname Sturtevant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,460 Americans. It ranked 11,383rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sturtevant?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sturtevant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sturtevant?

Alfred Sturtevant, American biologist (1891–1970), followed by Edward Lewis Sturtevant.

Where is the surname Sturtevant most common?

Wikidata records people named Sturtevant in the United States.

Is the surname Sturtevant getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,809 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,770 in 2010, down 1.4%.

The surname Sturtevant

A surname, carried by 2,770 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S363

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sturtevant is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,770 people named Sturtevant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,460 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,809.

#11,383

rank among US surnames

2,770

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,492)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,374	Gessner	2,773	111,340
#11,377	Bornstein	2,772	111,380
#11,380	Sauers	2,771	111,420
#11,383	Mooneyham	2,770	111,460
#11,388	Max	2,769	111,501

Who is named Sturtevant

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

92% of people named Sturtevant identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sturtevants

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sturtevant

Sturtevant has the Soundex code S363, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S363.

Questions

How common is the surname Sturtevant?: 2,770 people in the United States had the surname Sturtevant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,460 Americans. It ranked 11,383rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sturtevant?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sturtevant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sturtevant?: Alfred Sturtevant, American biologist (1891–1970), followed by Edward Lewis Sturtevant.
Where is the surname Sturtevant most common?: Wikidata records people named Sturtevant in the United States.
Is the surname Sturtevant getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,809 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,770 in 2010, down 1.4%.