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Sterns Ranking

In the United States, the name Sterns is the 15,653rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Sterns migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Sterns Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • N Sterns, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 2
  • M P Sterns, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
  • William Sterns, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
  • David Sterns, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1868 2
  • Oliver H Sterns, who landed in Arkansas in 1889 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Sterns (post 1700) +

  • W. H. Sterns, American politician, Delegate to Nebraska State Constitutional Convention, 1875 3
  • Linda Sterns, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972 3
  • L. O. Sterns (b. 1833), American politician, Delegate to Nevada State Constitutional Convention, 1863 3


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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