The Stepien surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 701 people carried this name — #32,750 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is down 18% from 858 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Stepien surname
From Stępień.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Stepien» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
41,908 people named Stepien have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 45,336 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 Łódź.
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 290 people named Stepien.
142 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Haut-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
25 people named Stepien live in Switzerland.
They live in 1 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.
In the Nordic population registers
88 people named Stepien 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
Stepien in American newspapers,
1803–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,046 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Stepien,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bill Stepien 1978– · politician -
Christian Stepien 1978– · photographer
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Ania Stepien 1983– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stepien.
- Stepanian 1,005 · U.S. census
- Stephan 7,840 · 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
- Steppe 1,159 · U.S. census
- Ster 132 · U.S. census
- Sterle 343 · U.S. census
- Sterlin 316 · U.S. census
- Stern 25,074 · U.S. census
- Sterna 132 · U.S. census
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