The Stehlin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 422 people carried this name — #49,723 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 407 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 328 people named Stehlin.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Haut-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
200 people named Stehlin live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Stehlin 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).
Who carried it
People named Stehlin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Jakob Stehlin 1803–1879 · mayor -
Achaz Stehlin 1808–1885 · lawyer -
Benoist Stehlin 1735–1774 · musical instrument maker
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Hans Georg Stehlin 1760–1832 · politician
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Sebastian Stehlin 1800–1877 · lay brother
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Hans Georg Stehlin 1806–1871 · entrepreneur
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stehlin.
- Steffen 11,494 · U.S. census
- Steger 5,231 · U.S. census
- Stegmann 520 · U.S. census
- Stegner 1,695 · U.S. census
- Stehle 1,371 · U.S. census
- Stehli 118 · U.S. census
- Stehly 298 · U.S. census
- Steib 826 · U.S. census
- Steibel 156 · U.S. census
- Steichen 951 · U.S. census
- Steier 885 · U.S. census
- Steiger 3,986 · U.S. census
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