The Stuart surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 36,540 people carried this name — #951 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,070 people counted. That is up 2% from 35,701 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Stuart surname
A Scottish surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Stewart.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Stuart» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 117 people named Stuart 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Stuart.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Corsica.
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
40 people named Stuart live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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 26 people named Stuart 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
83 people named Stuart 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
Stuart in American newspapers,
1901–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 988,118 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Stuart,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan 1343–1394 · military personnel -
James IV of Scotland 1473–1513 · monarch -
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray 1531–1570 · politician -
Mary, Queen of Scots 1542–1587 · queen regnant -
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley 1545–1567 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 142 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stuart.
- Strub 1,308 · U.S. census
- Strubbe 306 · U.S. census
- Strubel 401 · U.S. census
- Struzik 280 · U.S. census
- Strzelczyk 321 · U.S. census
- Strzelecki 869 · U.S. census
- Stubbe 956 · U.S. census
- Stuber 2,835 · U.S. census
- Stucker 2,810 · U.S. census
- Stucki 1,236 · U.S. census
- Studer 5,368 · U.S. census
- Studler 111 · U.S. census
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