Stearns is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Israel, Germany, England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Stearns
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, Israel, Germany, England
Meaning:

Variant form of Sterne. From the natural disposition of the first bearer.

A variant of Starnes that means "the severe, austere man".

Stearns is form of Starnes. The severe, austere man; dweller at the sign of the stars.

Stearns is variant form of Stern. The severe, austere man; dweller at the sign of the star.

Surname is a variant of Starne. The same as Sterne - From the natural disposition of the first bearer.

Stearns is a variant of Stearn. See Sterne - From the natural disposition of the first bearer.

See Sterne - From the natural disposition of the first bearer.

How popular is Stearns?

Stearns is common in United States, Canada, England.

Stearns is ranked 25293 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Stearns bearers increased by 0.76 per cent in 2010 US census to 14554 since 2000, the surname slipped by 177 spots and ranked at 2479. The last name was found in around 5 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.99 92.56
Black 3 3.01
Hispanic or Latino 2.78 1.92
Others 1.76 1.13
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.76 0.8
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.71 0.57
Stearns is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Mariana Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 21336 people have been found who wears Stearns as their family name. Stearns is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Stearns:
2,253 United States20,376
Countries with hundreds of Stearns:
8,175 Canada514
22,180 England194
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
143,219 Thailand77
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
85,708 South Africa30
78,599 Australia17
40,624 Switzerland14
18,211 Singapore13
280,838 France11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
21,198 Wales7
40,014 New Zealand7
55,922 Qatar6
939 Northern Mariana Islands6

Stearns Namesakes

  • R. H. Stearns, wealthy tradesman, philanthropist
  • Guy Beckley Stearns, American physician specializing in homeopathy and the developer of autonomic reflex testing
  • Shubal Stearns, colonial evangelist and preacher during the Great Awakening
  • Charles Thomas Stearns, American politician
  • Frank Stearns, American businessman whose father
  • Charlotte Champe Stearns, school teacher, poet, and social worker
  • Richard E. Stearns, prominent computer scientist who
  • Ozora P. Stearns, American politician
  • Cliff Stearns, Clifford Bundy Stearns Sr
  • Marcellus Stearns, American politician
  • George Luther Stearns, American industrialist and merchant
  • Onslow Stearns, American businessman and politician
  • Peter Stearns, professor at George Mason University
  • John Stearns, former Major League Baseball catcher
  • Michael Stearns, United States musician and composer of ambient music
  • Asahel Stearns, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
  • Foster Waterman Stearns, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
  • Jeff Chiba Stearns, Canadian independent animation and documentary filmmaker

Stearns Namesakes

  • R. H. Stearns, wealthy tradesman, philanthropist
  • Guy Beckley Stearns, American physician specializing in homeopathy and the developer of autonomic reflex testing
  • Shubal Stearns, colonial evangelist and preacher during the Great Awakening
  • Charles Thomas Stearns, American politician
  • Frank Stearns, American businessman whose father
  • Charlotte Champe Stearns, school teacher, poet, and social worker
  • Richard E. Stearns, prominent computer scientist who
  • Ozora P. Stearns, American politician
  • Cliff Stearns, Clifford Bundy Stearns Sr
  • Marcellus Stearns, American politician
  • George Luther Stearns, American industrialist and merchant
  • Onslow Stearns, American businessman and politician
  • Peter Stearns, professor at George Mason University
  • John Stearns, former Major League Baseball catcher
  • Michael Stearns, United States musician and composer of ambient music
  • Asahel Stearns, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
  • Foster Waterman Stearns, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
  • Jeff Chiba Stearns, Canadian independent animation and documentary filmmaker

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