How common is the surname Sturtz?

1,878 people in the United States had the surname Sturtz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,401 Americans. It ranked 15,571st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sturtz?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Sturtz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sturtz getting more or less common?

More common. 1,690 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,878 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Sturtz

A surname, carried by 1,878 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S363

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sturtz is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,878 people named Sturtz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 164,401 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,690.

#15,571

rank among US surnames

1,878

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+11.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,815)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,564	Bommarito	1,879	164,314
#15,571	Cannata	1,878	164,401
#15,579	Pech	1,877	164,489

Who is named Sturtz

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

97% of people named Sturtz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sturtz

Sturtz 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 Sturtz?: 1,878 people in the United States had the surname Sturtz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,401 Americans. It ranked 15,571st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sturtz?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Sturtz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sturtz getting more or less common?: More common. 1,690 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,878 in 2010, up 11%.