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sturgeon Name Meaning and History

English: from Middle English sturgeon ‘sturgeon’ (a reduced form of Old French estourgeon), hence a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or seller of these fish, or possibly a nickname for someone thought to resemble a sturgeon.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of sturgeon Families in the US in 1920
Number of sturgeon families
 60-118
 21-59		 1-20
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