The Stern surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,074 people carried this name — #1,418 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 24,618 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
802 people named Stern live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 669 people named Stern.
136 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Paris.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 389 people named Stern 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
142 people named Stern have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 335 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 107 people named Stern live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
484 people named Stern 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
Stern in American newspapers,
1898–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,254,972 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Stern,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joel Stern d. 2019 · business executive
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Ursula Stern d. 1985
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Ursula Stern d. 1985
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Maud Julia Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons d. 1935
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John Stern d. 1854
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Constance Emily Stern d. 1976
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stern.
- Stephen 9,925 · U.S. census
- Stepien 701 · U.S. census
- Steppe 1,159 · U.S. census
- Ster 132 · U.S. census
- Sterle 343 · U.S. census
- Sterlin 316 · U.S. census
- Sterna 132 · U.S. census
- Sternat 106 · U.S. census
- Steuer 864 · U.S. census
- Stevanovic 345 · U.S. census
- Steve 1,891 · U.S. census
- Stevens 185,674 · U.S. census
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