The Stemmer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 515 people carried this name — #42,163 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is down 3% from 531 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 128 people named Stemmer.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
71 people named Stemmer live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Stemmer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Georg Stemmer 1764–1825 · advocate
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Paula Stemmer 1877–1943
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Arthur Stemmer 1880–1954 · art collector
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Ödön Stemmer 1881–1961 · antiquarian seller
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Norbert Stemmer 1889–1977
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Walburga Stemmer 1892–1928
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stemmer.
- 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
- Stelmach 940 · 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
- Stepanian 1,005 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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