The Stefan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,013 people carried this name — #10,628 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 98,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 2,722 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Stefan surname
Learned borrowing from Latin Stephanus.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Stefan» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
1,227 people named Stefan have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,625 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 392 people named Stefan 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 Misiones.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
184 people named Stefan live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 162 people named Stefan.
58 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 127 people named Stefan live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
131 people named Stefan is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Stefan in American newspapers,
1916–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,857 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Stefan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Josef Stefan 1835–1893 · writer -
Paul Stefan 1879–1943 · writer -
Karl Stefan 1884–1951 · politician -
Franciszek Stefan Raczyński 1648–1689
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Kristian Stefan 1819–1892 · writer
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Bedřich Stefan 1896–1982 · teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stefan.
- Stec 2,215 · U.S. census
- Stecher 896 · U.S. census
- Steck 3,564 · U.S. census
- Steckler 1,529 · U.S. census
- Steeg 351 · U.S. census
- Steen 12,989 · U.S. census
- Stefanelli 928 · U.S. census
- Stefani 1,702 · U.S. census
- Stefaniak 1,019 · U.S. census
- Stefanini 239 · U.S. census
- Stefano 1,285 · U.S. census
- Stefanovic 351 · U.S. census
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