Struwe Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Before spelling settled in the modern era, so Strube could easily become Struwe. In origin, the name means “A nickname for someone with bristly hair”. Records show Struwe as one of the forms Strube took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Struve, Strubel and Strubbe.

About 212 people in the United States were recorded as Struwe in 2010, placing it 87,663 on the national list. That is enough to place it in the top 100,000 American surnames.

Arms linked to Strube and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Struwe surname pack.