Sturmer Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

Sturmer and Sturm are two spellings with one history. At root, the name means “Storm”.

• About 247 people in the United States were recorded as Sturmer in 2010, placing it 77,522 on the national list. It sits among the 100,000 most common last names in the country.
• Sturmer adds -er to the root of Sturm, a common way of forming related surnames.
• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• Other spellings include Šturms and Storm.

Family crest and blazon

There is no single Sturmer family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Get the complete Sturmer report, with a museum-style coat of arms.