Stecher surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Stecher surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 896 people carried this name — #27,042 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is down 39% from 1,463 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

382 people named Stecher live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Graubünden 145
Zurich 83
Aargau 38
St. Gallen 27
Bern 26
Thurgau 13
Lucerne 9
Ticino 8

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 95 people named Stecher.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Haute-Marne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Haute-Marne 19
Bas-Rhin 18
Aube 11
Marne 9
Paris 6
Moselle 4
Haut-Rhin 4
Meuse 3

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 45 people named Stecher 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

Buenos Aires Province 17
City of Buenos Aires 16
Chaco 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Stecher,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Josef Stecher
    Josef Stecher 1775–1862 · politician
  • Karl Stecher
    Karl Stecher 1831–1923 · painter
  • Hans Stecher 1500– · architect
  • Leopold Marian Stecher 1650–1691 · organist
  • Johann Gottfried Stecher 1718–1776 · joiner
  • Marian Stecher 1754–1832 · composer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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