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Family name Sterner (Sterner , Стернер ) , across the world, is quite a common last name. The cognomen Sterner is characteristic of Sweden, where it is quite a common surname, Norway, where it is quite a rare surname, and Germany. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the United States, Sweden, and Germany. Very seldom, Sterner is the forename as well as the last name.