The Stefani surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,680 people carried this name — #15,898 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 999 people named Stefani.
237 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 61 départements, most often Corsica.
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
327 people named Stefani live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
197 people named Stefani have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 239 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 43 people named Stefani 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 Limburg.
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 print
Stefani in American newspapers,
1890–1945.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,016 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Stefani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bartolomeo Stefani 1601–1700 · domestic worker cook -
Pietro Angelo Stefani 1725–1810 · presbyter -
Jan Stefani 1746–1829 · composer -
Józef Stefani 1800–1876 · composer -
Angelo Stefani 1803–1878
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 136 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stefani.
- Steck 3,306 · U.S. census
- Steckler 1,663 · U.S. census
- Steeg 383 · U.S. census
- Steen 12,356 · U.S. census
- Stefan 2,722 · U.S. census
- Stefanelli 871 · U.S. census
- Stefaniak 1,012 · U.S. census
- Stefanini 247 · U.S. census
- Stefano 1,235 · U.S. census
- Stefanovic 289 · U.S. census
- Stefanski 2,353 · U.S. census
- Steff 289 · U.S. census
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