The Stiltner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,709 people carried this name — #8,834 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,536 in 2000.

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In print

Stiltner in American newspapers,
1919–1928.

Newspaper page from Richmond Daily Register carrying the name Stiltner
Richmond Daily Register 1921-06-10
Newspaper page from The Maryville Times carrying the name Stiltner
The Maryville Times 1919-12-17
Newspaper page from The Dickenson County Herald carrying the name Stiltner
The Dickenson County Herald 1928-09-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 773 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Stiltner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joe Stiltner 1959–2025 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named Stiltner,
in the records of the United States.

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 States95 records

95 records of the Stiltner name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 77
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 14
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George W. Stiltner

    Born 1919 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Thomas Newport; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Mountain Valley Memorial Park, Big Rock, Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Bobby J. Stiltner

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1936, died 1994; buried at Fountain Grove Cemetery, Bryan, Ohio.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Otto Stiltner

    Born 1895 in Poland. Registered as a foreign national in New Britain City, Connecticut, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 95 records for Stiltner in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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