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The sturman Surname

sturman Name Meaning and History

  1. English: occupational name for a navigator, from Old Norse stýrimaðr ‘steersman’ (a compound of stýra ‘to steer’ + maðr ‘man’).
  2. English: from an Old French diminutive form Esturmin of a Germanic byname meaning ‘storm’. Compare Storm.
  3. North German (Sturmann): altered spelling of Stuhrmann, an occupational name for a helmsman, from Middle Low German sturen ‘to steer’ + mann ‘man’.
  4. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): origin uncertain; possibly an ornamental name from Polish szturman ‘mate (of a ship)’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of sturman Families in the US in 1920
Number of sturman families
 18-33
 7-17		 1-6
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Name split stearmn 7
Rosanna Sturman 1822 Northamptonshire SHELLGT78 2
Thomas and Margaret Sturman cjsfamily 11
Sturman Family Alan Sturman 4
Stubbs JaneOmegaStubbs 0
Sturman Families in the UK JaneOmegaStubbs 0
Sturmans of Kings Langley, Hertfordshire Ian Sturman 4
VA>GA John Foxhall Sturman Vicki Morell 1
Henry Stuerman, Augusta, GA; died 1795 vmylius 0
Sturman-Stearman-Stirsman VA to KY J.P. Johnson 1
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