The Stevens surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 185,674 people carried this name — #135 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,590 people counted. That is up 2% from 181,417 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Stevens surname
A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from the given name Steven.
From Steven + -s (patronymic suffix).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Stevens» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 8,470 people named Stevens 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 East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 550 people named Stevens.
147 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Nord.
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 220 people named Stevens 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 Formosa.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
173 people named Stevens live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 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
63 people named Stevens have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 142 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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 the Nordic population registers
203 people named Stevens are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Stevens in American newspapers,
1868–1933.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,641,842 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Stevens,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Stevens 1749–1838 · lawyer -
Samuel Stevens Jr. 1778–1860 · politician -
Robert L. Stevens 1787–1856 · businessperson -
Alexander Hodgdon Stevens 1789–1869 · physician -
Bradford N. Stevens 1813–1885 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 139 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stevens.
- Stern 25,074 · 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
- Stewart 324,957 · U.S. census
- Steyaert 146 · U.S. census
- Steyer 778 · U.S. census
- Stich 2,001 · U.S. census
- Sticker 217 · U.S. census
- Stieber 1,267 · U.S. census
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