The Stephan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,840 people carried this name — #4,522 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,685 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Stephan surname
Unadapted borrowing from German Stephan.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Stephan» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,838 people named Stephan.
90 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 86 départements, most often Finistère.
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
396 people named Stephan live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 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 Poland’s population register
229 people named Stephan have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 325 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 Greater 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 98 people named Stephan 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
95 people named Stephan 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
Stephan in American newspapers,
1912–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 54,020 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Stephan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Stephan d. 1918
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Pömer Stephan d. 1395 · patrician
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Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria 1271–1310 · sovereign
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von Landskron Stephan 1410–1477 · writer
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Johann Georg Stephan 1639–1716 · mayor
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Melchior Stephan 1660–
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stephan.
- 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
- Stephani 548 · U.S. census
- Stephano 257 · U.S. census
- Stephany 1,011 · U.S. census
- Stephen 9,925 · U.S. census
- Stepien 701 · U.S. census
- Steppe 1,159 · U.S. census
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