Last Name STURGESS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Thurgis or Turgis, with prefixed 's.' The surname, like the early fontal name, is common to all parts of England.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish

Rank	32,856 (2000 US census)	31,045 (1990 US census)

Count	658 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

88.45%, or 582 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
6.23%, or 41 total occurrences, as black,
0.76%, or 5 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.91%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.28%, or 15 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.37%, or 9 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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