The Stier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,178 people carried this name — #10,150 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 92,600 people counted. That is up 7% from 2,963 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 375 people named Stier 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 125 people named Stier.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 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
63 people named Stier live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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
49 people named Stier 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
Stier in American newspapers,
1898–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 733,080 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Stier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wilhelm Stier 1799–1856 · teacher -
Rudolf Ewald Stier 1800–1862 · superintendent -
Hubert Stier 1838–1907 · architect -
Ernst Stier d. 1917 · soldier
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Johann Stier 1599–1648 · preacher
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Martin Stier 1620–1669 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stier.
- Stich 2,001 · 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
- Still 12,354 · U.S. census
- Stiller 3,016 · U.S. census
- Stirn 386 · U.S. census
- Stocco 257 · U.S. census
- Stock 12,722 · U.S. census
- Stocker 6,561 · U.S. census
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