The Stahl surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 22,211 people carried this name — #1,619 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (22,163).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 752 people named Stahl.
48 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 59 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
473 people named Stahl live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
135 people named Stahl have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 201 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 133 people named Stahl live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
5,912 people named Stahl are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Stahl in American newspapers,
1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 220,296 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Stahl,
with a public archive behind them.
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Daniel Stahl 1589–1654 · teacher -
Georg Ernst Stahl 1659–1734 · physician -
Friedrich Julius Stahl 1802–1861 · lawyer -
Agustín Stahl 1842–1917 · naturalist -
Émile Stahl 1847–1938 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 217 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stahl.
- Stadtler 314 · U.S. census
- Staebler 443 · U.S. census
- Staehle 452 · U.S. census
- Staelens 244 · U.S. census
- Staes 177 · U.S. census
- Stagnaro 380 · U.S. census
- Stalder 1,686 · U.S. census
- Stalter 2,417 · U.S. census
- Stamm 5,461 · U.S. census
- Stammler 141 · U.S. census
- Stamper 13,528 · U.S. census
- Standaert 266 · U.S. census
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