The Stich surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,001 people carried this name — #14,821 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 147,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,882 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Stich surname
From Middle High German stich, from Old High German stih, from Proto-West Germanic *stiki (“puncture, prick”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Stich» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
248 people named Stich live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.
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
121 people named Stich have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 160 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 105 people named Stich 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 Misiones.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 82 people named Stich.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 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 print
Stich in American newspapers,
1904–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 86,179 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Stich,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Punto 1746–1803 · composer -
Auguste Crelinger 1795–1865 · actor -
Clara Stich 1820–1862 · actor -
Jan Stich d. 1692 · scribe
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Wilhelm Stich 1790–1824 · actor
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Wolfgang Stich 1810–1848
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stich.
- Stevanovic 345 · U.S. census
- Steve 1,891 · U.S. census
- Stevens 185,674 · U.S. census
- Stewart 324,957 · U.S. census
- Steyaert 146 · U.S. census
- Steyer 778 · U.S. census
- Sticker 217 · U.S. census
- Stieber 1,267 · U.S. census
- Stieger 210 · U.S. census
- Stiegler 725 · U.S. census
- Stien 308 · U.S. census
- Stier 3,178 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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