The Stalder surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,686 people carried this name — #16,894 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted. That is up 11% from 1,518 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
7,258 people named Stalder live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 174 people named Stalder.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Doubs.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 105 people named Stalder 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 Santa Fe.
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.
Who carried it
People named Stalder,
with a public archive behind them.
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Franz Joseph Stalder 1757–1833 · Catholic priest -
Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder 1725–1765 · composer
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Gabriel Stalder 1828–1902 · politician
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Augustin Burkart-Stalder 1842–1923 · privateer
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Xaver Stalder 1868–1936 · judge
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Marvin Stalder 1905–1982 · rower
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stalder.
- 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
- Stahl 22,211 · 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
- Stanek 5,014 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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