Explore the Family Name Stertz

The meaning of Stertz

German: from Middle High German sterz ‘tail’, possibly a nickname for a short and stocky person.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Stertz in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Stertz saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 64,572nd most common name, but by 2010 it had slipped to become the 67,519th most common. Despite the drop in rank, the actual count of people with the surname Stertz increased slightly from 288 in 2000 to 292 in 2010. However, its proportion per 100,000 people declined by approximately 9 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#64,572	#67,519	-4.56%
Count	288	292	1.39%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Stertz

In terms of ethnicity, the Stertz surname was largely associated with individuals identifying as White based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 95.14 percent of the Stertz population identified as White, a figure which decreased slightly to 93.84 percent by 2010. The presence of Hispanic ethnicity within the Stertz population saw a significant increase during this period, jumping from 2.78 percent in 2000 to 4.11 percent in 2010, representing a near 48 percent change. The data also shows that in 2000, 1.74 percent of those with the Stertz surname identified with two or more races, but by 2010, there were no recorded instances of this. There were no recorded instances of individuals with the Stertz surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.14%	93.84%	-1.37%
Hispanic	2.78%	4.11%	47.84%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.74%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%