Frequency: (4036)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German: nickname for a man of blustery temperament, from Middle High German sturm ‘storm’. It is also found in Slovenia, where it is commonly spelled Šturm.
2. Dutch: variant of Storm.
3. Dutch: from the Germanic personal name Sturm, Sturmi.
4. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Sturm ‘storm’.
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