The Stroh surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,777 people carried this name — #7,012 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,700 people counted. That is up 8% from 4,439 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Stroh surname
From Middle High German strō, from Old High German strō.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Stroh» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 384 people named Stroh.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 89 people named Stroh 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.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
59 people named Stroh live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 25 people named Stroh 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 Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
38 people named Stroh 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).
Who carried it
People named Stroh,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacob Gaukel Stroh 1848–1935 · historian -
Martin Stroh 1776–1853 · politician
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Martin Stroh 1809–1877 · mayor
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Bernhard Stroh 1822–1882 · businessperson
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Fritz Stroh 1842–1920 · entrepreneur
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G. Stroh 1846–1904 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stroh.
- Stringer 17,300 · U.S. census
- Strippoli 171 · U.S. census
- Stritt 139 · U.S. census
- Strittmatter 1,032 · U.S. census
- Strobbe 207 · U.S. census
- Strobel 6,097 · U.S. census
- Strohl 2,646 · U.S. census
- Strohm 2,253 · U.S. census
- Strohmeyer 1,168 · U.S. census
- Strosser 178 · U.S. census
- Strozyk 303 · U.S. census
- Strub 1,308 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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