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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)’.

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Distribution of sturman Families in the US in 1920
Number of sturman families
 18-33
 7-17
 1-6
 0
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