The Stiffler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,098 people carried this name — #8,091 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 8% from 3,791 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

150 people named Stiffler live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

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Where they live today

Graubünden 111
Zurich 16
Bern 10
Aargau 7
Basel-Stadt 3
Thurgau 3

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 print

Stiffler in American newspapers,
1908–1911.

Newspaper page from The Seattle Republican carrying the name Stiffler
The Seattle Republican 1908-06-05
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Stiffler
Daily Kennebec Journal 1911-01-21
Newspaper page from The Seattle Republican carrying the name Stiffler
The Seattle Republican 1908-05-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,955 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Stiffler in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1960s.

64 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stiffler. The most, 27, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 60
Western Australia 3
New South Wales 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stiffler.

Who carried it

People named Stiffler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Martin Stiffler 1831–1895
  • Johann Peter Stiffler 1848–1932
  • Fred Cassius Stiffler 1875–1958 · politician
  • Hans Stiffler 1904–1985 · politician
  • Jack Justin Stiffler 1934–2019 · computer scientist
  • Reto Stiffler 1939–2025 · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Stiffler,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States214 records

214 records of the Stiffler name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 145
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 35
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 11
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Fred W. Stiffler

    Born 1923 in Kansas. Enlisted 1943 at Houston, Texas; machinist from Harris County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mart Stiffler

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Elbe from Bremen and Southampton, aged 22; merchant. From London, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Edward L. Stiffler

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1933, died 1996; buried at Highland Memory Gardens, Mount Washington, Kentucky.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 214 records for Stiffler in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Stiffler name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jacques Andre Philippe Stiffler

    Born 1912 in Paris; died 1991 in Brunoy (Essonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Cecile Simone Stiffler

    Born 1922 in Nice; died 1981 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Switzerland1 record

1 record of the Stiffler name in Switzerland Zürich marriage records, 16th–18th centuries
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Ursula Stiffler

    Married in 1799 in Uetikon am See, canton of Zürich; of Davos.

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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