The Sturm surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,242 people carried this name — #3,832 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 9,017 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Sturm surname
A male surname from German.
Borrowed from German Sturm.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Šturm» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
549 people named Sturm live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 510 people named Sturm.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 196 people named Sturm live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 107 people named Sturm live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
56 people named Sturm have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 93 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
43 people named Sturm is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Sturm in American newspapers,
1913–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 134,511 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sturm,
with a public archive behind them.
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Saint Sturm 704–779 · religious -
Caspar Sturm 1475–1552 · heraldist -
Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck 1489–1553 · politician -
Franz Otto Sturm d. 1890 · composer
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August Sturm d. 1695 · printer
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Benjamin Christian Gottlieb Sturm d. 1813 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sturm.
- Stucker 2,810 · U.S. census
- Stucki 1,236 · U.S. census
- Studer 5,368 · U.S. census
- Studler 111 · U.S. census
- Stum 586 · U.S. census
- Stumpf 6,173 · U.S. census
- Sturma 111 · U.S. census
- Stutz 3,904 · U.S. census
- Su 12,973 · U.S. census
- Suares 639 · U.S. census
- Suarez 66,013 · U.S. census
- Sube 127 · U.S. census
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