The Stump surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,257 people carried this name — #2,539 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 14,171 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

453 people named Stump live in Switzerland.

They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 107
St. Gallen 87
Thurgau 68
Schwyz 42
Bern 32
Aargau 20
Schaffhausen 16
Graubünden 12

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 first U.S. census, 1790

40 families named Stump, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 269 people lived in those households, 6.7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 21
Virginia 10
Maryland 8
New York 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 264 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Stump in American newspapers,
1897–1898.

Newspaper page from Decorah-posten carrying the name Stump
Decorah-posten 1898-08-19
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Stump
The Sun 1897-10-03
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Stump
New-york Tribune 1897-10-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,301 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Stump in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

5,912 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stump. The most, 818, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 5.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 2,512
South Australia 947
Victoria 842
Queensland 782
New South Wales 440
Western Australia 357
ACT (Canberra) 20
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Stump,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Peter Stumpp
    Peter Stumpp 1525–1589 · farmer
  • Henry Stump d. 1865 · judge
  • Robert Stump d. 2007 · physicist
  • William Stumpe 1497–1552 · politician
  • Frederick Stump 1723–1822 · farmer
  • Frederick Stump 1723–1820 · farmer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Stump,
in the records of 8 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 States977 records

977 records of the Stump name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 573
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 147
  • Other U.S. records 257
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Donald L. Stump

    Born 1918 in Indiana. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison; firefighter. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1966, buried at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola, Indiana.

    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 Michel Stump

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Ontario from Havre, aged 17; farmer. From Baden, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harold Oliver Stump

    Born 1948; from Charleston, South Carolina. U.S. Army, medical specialist; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 977 records for Stump in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia246 records

246 records of the Stump name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 162
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 68
  • Other Australian records 16
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Margaret Stump

    Died 1869 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 55. Will registered in Tasmania in 1869.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ernest Albert Stump

    Born 1865 in Hobart, Tasmania. Died 1930 in Tasmania, aged 65.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Ethel Mary Louise Stump

    Born 1878 in Hobart, Tasmania. Married 1899 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 21.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 246 records for Stump in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Germany120 records

120 records of the Stump name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 112
  • German emigration and citizenship files 6
  • German estate files 2
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Nikolaus Stump

    From Essen-Ruhr. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 14 May 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 57).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Josef Stump

    Left Engen for America in 1854.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Wilhelm Stump

    Estate settled in 1908.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0)

Showing 3 of 120 records for Stump in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands89 records

89 records of the Stump name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 34
  • Dutch population registers 29
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 26
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Heinrich Hubert Stump

    Married in 1880 in Maastricht; "ijzergieter", born in Nothberg, Germany. Died 1915 in Maastricht, aged 63.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Catharina Stump

    Married in 1916 in Zeist. Died 1965 in Vinkeveen en Waverveen, aged 86.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Louis Stump

    Died 1856 in Rotterdam, aged 42.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 89 records for Stump in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Switzerland28 records

28 records of the Stump 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 Elisabeth Stump

    Married in 1718 in Grossmünster, canton of Zürich; of Pfyn Tg.

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Wilhelm Friedrich Stump

    Married in 1799 in Weiningen, canton of Zürich; of Gönningen (Deutschland).

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Stump

    Married in 1788 in Albisrieden, canton of Zürich; of Pfyn Tg.

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

Showing 3 of 28 records for Stump in Switzerland.

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).

Canada18 records

18 records of the Stump name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 11
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 4
  • Other Canadian records 3
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Stump

    Died 1869 in Beaver Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Robert Stump

    Buried in 1970 at Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Margaret Stump

    Died 1929; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 18 records for Stump in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France4 records

4 records of the Stump 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 Helmut Stump

    Born 1932 in Germany; died 1995 in Moyeuvre-Grande (Moselle).

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

    Born 1897 in Mulhouse; died 1977 in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 2 of 4 records for Stump in France.

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).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Stump name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • Scottish rolls of honour, First World War 1
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Stump

    Gunner, South Lancashire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. W. Stump

    Served in the First World War. Named in the roll of honour of New Year 1915.

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Stump in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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