The Stelmach surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 940 people carried this name — #26,067 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is down 3% from 967 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
8,110 people named Stelmach have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 8,986 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 72 people named Stelmach.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Oise.
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 41 people named Stelmach 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
23 people named Stelmach 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 Stelmach,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nahum Stelmach 1936–1999 · association football coach -
Maria Stelmach 1903–1985 · politician
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Adam Stelmach 1912–2004 · photographer
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Helena Stelmach 1931–2017
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Helena Stelmach 1931–2008
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Eugeniusz Stelmach 1933–2026 · vicar
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stelmach.
- Steinle 1,096 · U.S. census
- Steinmann 1,313 · U.S. census
- Steinmetz 8,032 · U.S. census
- Steis 158 · U.S. census
- Stell 2,292 · U.S. census
- Stella 4,053 · U.S. census
- Stemmer 515 · U.S. census
- Stempin 137 · U.S. census
- Stengel 3,856 · U.S. census
- Stenger 4,601 · U.S. census
- Stentz 438 · U.S. census
- Stenzel 1,536 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Stelmach is.
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